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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: bright kamara <bright4lifekamara@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:20:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Thanks for your response


Dear Sir,

Thank you so much for your response to our request, we appreciate your concern and also very sorry of your predicament, we can prove our geuneaness towards our request.

Actualy what we needed from you is assistance because we have been facing difficulties here surffering,

The reason why we contacted you is for you to help us stand as our gaurdian and foreign business partner to our late father, speak on our behalf to the bank concerning the release and transfer of the money to your account because the bank refused i and my younger sister to have access to the money base on the agreement our late father had with the bank the day he deposited the money in the bank. the document the bank issued to our late father the day he deposited the money is with us, we can
send it across to you only on the contrary that you will promise not to betray us if this money comes into your account because this money is our last hope to continue with life.

We are from Serrie Leone and Presently, we are in Refugee Camp here in Abidjan Cote d'ivoire and the place is not good for us they are no longer taken good care of us since this their political problem . please help us we are surffering here we don't even know our late father's foreign business partner and we have never seen him before and we can not keep waiting while we are here surffering that is why we contacted you
to help us do any thing within your power to help us for the bank to transfer the money to your account we will join you in your Country to continue our Education while you will help us to invest the money
proper.

Thank you once again as we wait to hear from you soon,

Yours sincerely.
Bright/Mary








I apologize for the late reply.
Last year I received an email about an inheritance in Cote d'Ivoire. Even though I paid almost £2500 ($5000) in fees to Barrister Eze, I have not yet received the money.
I don't want to get burnt again.
Can I really trust you?
VICTIMNAME
Harrow, London




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