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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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • mmarice01@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Marice Guei <mmarice01@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 16:55:43 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR UNDERSTANDING


FROM MISS MARICE GUEI.
BIDJAN-COTE D'IVORE
FROM: Miss Marice Guei.

My Dear Respecful One,

I am in a state of delinma and your profile pushed me to send you this
mail, I am Miss Marice Guei, 19 years old a university undergraduate
and really don't know what to do. This is because I have suffered a lot
of set backs as a result of incessantpolitical crisis here in Ivory
coast. The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life and I am
now the only remaining daughter of my late parents (Gen. Guei Robert)
former president of Cote D'Ivoire who was heartlessly murdered with my
motherand together with all family on the 11th of February, 2002 by the
rebels during the coup d'etat that led to the present war in our country
now.
It is with this regret and deep sense of loss that i lost my father who
was an ex military/ex president been an opposition party to the present
Government of COTE D`IVOIRE and my mother including every members of
our family was murdered by the unknown REBELS during the time they attack
our house by shooting and looting, even this is one of the things that
contributed to the
present crisis in our country today. God so kind I was not in town when
the incident occurred, the plans of the REBELS is to kill every members
of our family so that no one will rise up to revenge as time goes on.
I am in our country without any one knowing,although I am on hiding so
that the unknown REBELS will not get to me and kill me like they killed
all the members of
our family on the 11th of February, 2002

Why I still stay back in our country is to transfer the $17.5mUSD which
my late father deposited in one of the security company's here in
Abidjan Ivory coast West Africa, which he disguised and declared the box to
contain family valuables without letting the security company to know
the real contents of the box, by this way the company does not know the
true content of the box.

Before the death of my father he gave me the covering documents of the
fund deposited in the security company, as I am his first daughter and
he so much loved me that was why he made me the beneficiary of the iron
trunk box containing the $17.5mUSD. Right now I want the box to be
claimed from the security company for an onward transfer to your country
overseas so that you will assist me to invest the money into any viable
sector in your country, also you will help me to join you in your
country for me to to continue and finish my education and start up a new life
with you there immediately the fund gets to you since I am no longer
safe as far as my country Cote D'Ivoire or Africa is concern at the
moment, I wanted to transfer the fund before leaving the country because
this fund is my last and the only hope I have now. Before I even pick you
to assist me I have prayed and slept over it asking God to provide for
me a Godly minded person that will assist me in this transaction.
please if you are williing to assist me, do send in your reply immediately
based on the following:

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-
1. Can you honestly help me as your daughter?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you
after the money is in your account?
4.your private telephone and fax number for easy communication

Please, Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.
For futher informations of my points,kindly make out a time and visit
this websites below
1: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2268718.stm
2: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2267971.stm
3:http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,795364,00.html
Looking forward to recieve your response for us to proceed.
Thanks and God blessings and guardians and you should send me your
response with this mail address: mmarice01@yahoo.fr

Miss Marice Guei Jnr.


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