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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • rose_gu7@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: rose guei <rose_gu7@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 02:22:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: nice to meet you with good faith



FROM ROSE GUEI
Abidjan cote D`Ivoire
West Africa.



Dearest One,
i am the first duaghter of ex military/ex president
been an oppsition party to the present government of
COTE D'IVOIRE. On the 19th sept 2000 my father/mother
including every member of our family was murdered by
the REBELS during the time they attack our
house by shooting and looting, even this is one of the
things thet contributed to the present crisis in our
country today.
God so kind i was not in town when the incident
occured, the plans of the REBELS is to kill every
members of our family so thet no one will rise up to
revenge as time goes on. I am in our country without
any one knowing although I am on hiding so that the
unknown REBELS will not get to me and kill me like
they killed all the members of our family. why i still
stay back in our country is to transfer the $18.5mUSD
which my late father deposited in the custody of
one of the SECURITY ASSISTANCE COMPANY,here in abidjan,he
deposited the fund as a family treature containing
AFRICAN ART WORD FOR EXPORT for security reason, as
security company does not operate as bank where some
one can deposit his/her money openly.
Before the death of my father he gave me the covering
documents of the fund deposited in the security
company, as I am his first duaghter and he so much
loved me that was why he made me the benificiary of
the two iron trunk boxes comtaining the $18.5mUSD.
Right now I wish to transfer this fund to you so that
you will assist me to invest the money into any viable
sector in your country, also you will help me to join
you in your country for me to start up a new life with
you there immediately the fund gets to you. since I am
no longer safe as far as Africa is concern at the
moment, I wanted to transfer the fund before leaving
the country because this fund is my last hope and the
only hope I have now.

Before I even pick you to assist me I have prayed and
slept over it asking God to provide for me a Godly
minded person that will assist me in this transtaction.
I will give you more details of the transtaction in my
next mail. contact: rose_gu7@yahoo.com

Awaiting to here from you.

Thanks and God bless you.
Rose Guei.




















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