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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: anick kabilla <anick_kabilla005@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:11:40 +0800 (CST)
Subject: FROM ANICK KABILLA


From: Anick kabila.

Dear ,

I am MISS ANICK KABILA, from Democratic Republic of Congo. There is an imformation I would like you to keep very confidential There is sum ammount of money my late father, President Laurent MARK KABILA, deposited in a security company in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire for safe keeping. Contrarily, I do not that that I have a wrong person in your person.

Before he was killed by his Eldest Millitary Son. The squable happened as immediately we returned back from our London trip. I will not be able to give you the full details that led to that urgly incidents. The Eldest Son is the current President of our country now. For now I am staying in Abijdan, the capital of Republic of Cote d'voire,just to save my life. The money in question, is 22 Million U.S.Dollars.

I can not make the withdrawal of this fund, because my father registered the Beneficiary of the fund as his (Foriegn Bussiness Patner) and also (Family valuables as the content of the deposit) The documents of the deposit are with me.

What I would want you to do, is to assits me to get the consignment withdrawn from the security company, and we shall open a small account in a Bank here in your name, and transfer the money to your country, through the account .We shall replace the name Foriegn Patner to your own name, because the code was used for security reason.

I will give you the 15% of the money for your assitance.Ther is no risk in this transaction. I will use the remain balance of the money for an investiment in your country for my future.

If you are intrested, and can maintain the very confidential of this transaction, you e-mail me immediately for more clearification, and also note that I am a refugees in Abidjan, Cote d’ lvoire becuase of the assasnation of my late father and the civil war going on in our country, Democratic Republic of Congo.

I can speak speaks english very well.

Thank you very much.

MISS ANICK KABILLA.



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