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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.
  • alex_abbey4@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Alex Abbey" <Alex_Abbey4@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 10:22:20 +0000
Subject: From Alex Abbey

From Alex Abbey
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
West Africa.
Email: Alex_Abbey4@yahoo.ca

Dear after going through your profile i decided to contact
you for friendship and assistace.I am Mr Alex Abbey the only child
of late chief and Mrs Joseph
Abbey ,my father was poisoned to death by his business associates
because of his wealth and
during my fathers sickness he called me on his sick bed as his only
child because my mother died
when am young and told me about the money($7.500.000) he deposited
in a bank here in our
country that it was because of this money he was poisoned that
if he dies i shall look for some
one whom i trust to help me transfer this money out of this our
country to his account for
investment purpose abroad while i will continue my education
then the person will be managing the
investment.Dear am soliciting your assistance to help me transfer
this money out of this country
for my life sake while i will come to meet you to continue my
education in your country.
Dear am looking forward to hear from you so that we can discuss
on what will be your compensation for this assistace.
Please reply me directely on this my private mail box for more details.
Alex_Abbey4@yahoo.ca

Thanks
From Alex Abbey

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