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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:
  • "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.
  • ecowasmonetaryunit.order@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: harry duke <harryduke_02@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 02:51:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please do what I ask you to do right now !


Dear,
Good Morning,

Compliment of the day to you.How are you today?Hope all is well with you over there.If so glory be to almighty God in heaven.

I thaught I would read/hear from you today concerning our arrangement,well normather that I have already give to you the way to send the money in order to get your fund.Please I am realy negociating the best way to handle this transaction in order to complete this transaction.

What you have to do right now I want you to contact the ecowas monetary unit director CHIEF SENATOR IKEH from ABIDJAN COTE D`IVOIRE WEST AFRICAN .He is the only one that can help you out to finalise with this transaction and you will surely get your fund immediately without waisting much time.

Here is the ecowas director contact as follows:

E-mail---ecowasmonetaryunit.order@yahoo.com

Contact name---chief senator victor ikeh

country----abidjan cote d`ivoire west african .

Tele phone ----+22507559188.

Please kindly contact him right now in order for him to proceed immedaitely ok.for your information never you try to contact through this box again if you realy want to get your fund very fast do what I ask you to do right now.Stop contact this box again for your own good.

I will stop here,thanks and God bless you.

Harry.


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