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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:
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • princess_kdavid1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: princess kevin david <princess_kdavid1@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:47:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: princess mary.


Of princess mary.
Abidjan, Dimension of ivory,
West Africa. a
nswer at this address email if it plait you: princess_kdavid1@yahoo.com Very expensive, I come with respect by this letter you explained my desire from entered a durable and sincere relaction with you and also from a financial business which will be benenfic for you and me. I am princess mary kevin David and I inherited an amount of money of my father who is deceased in the crisis of the Ivory Coast. I would like to you asked for a help for the transfer of this money in your account banquaire and used this money in a project which could be beneficial for us. I want that you me aidier with transferred the sum from $2.500, 000 (two million five hundred and thousand American dollar) in your account banquaire .je would give you the contact of the bank or my father has to deposit this sum so that you to contact them. I do not know large thing in the businesses banquaires it is for what I request your assistance. I would give you 10% of this sum for your assistance,
and your sincere benefit that you would give me. I accounts really on you because I know that you cannot not misled me in this business. If it plait you, it is very important to speak immediately contacts me for more expliquation and to also you about the continuation of this business. I want to also come in your country right after this business.

Sincerely your.

That God blesses you.

princess mary


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