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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
• 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.
  • ericmaxwell_a1@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: eric maxwell <ericmax_am2@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:06:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: A CALL FOR HELP


FROM, Mr Eric Maxwell,
Ivory Coast, West Africa.

Dearest one ,

TRANSFER OF US$16,800,000.00 (SIXTEEN MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS).with the hope that you are okay and doing fine, this message could be strange but real if you pay some attention to it. I got your contact details through a female missionary from britain ( Mrs Magaret Allan) and i am not compelling you to go against your will but i know that, this transaction will be of great benefit to you and I.

I Mr. Eric Maxwell, I inherited the sum of USD$16,800,000.00 (Sixteen Million, Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) from my late parents. But right now, l am faced with a problem. On one of the banks documents, my late father appended a clause stating that: I the next of kin, must attain the age of 35 years, before taking full control of the bank account; But, in the event of war or natural disasters in Ivory Coast, the bank should honour a transfer request from me which must be is for the safety of the funds; And in this case, I must have a foreign investment manager whom must not be an African, and the money should not be transferred to any African country. I am not yet 35 years of age, and Ivory Coast is not a safe country at this time; there is war in the country. Considering the situation of the country, l am eager to have my inheritance transferred out of ivory Coast to a safe and stable country.

Please l want you to act as my investment manager, so that the bank would transfer my money out of Africa. If you are able to help me in this, we can both become business partners. I am ready to invest part of the money in your country.If you would help me, please write me as soon as possible. I can be reached me through my private email; ericmaxwell_a1@yahoo.fr I wait for your urgent e-mail.

Thanks and God Bless.

Best regards,
Mr Eric Maxwell.










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