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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 orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: wesley carol <wesley_willaim@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:23:23 +0100 (BST)
Subject: pls i need your help


From : WESLEY CAROL
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
West Africa.

My Dear,
I am so intrested in your profile and i have decided to disclose myself to you.I saw your contact in one of the reliable firms and i may say you are responseable and honest.Please i really need your help on my life, please don't dissapoint me on this.

I am carol wesley ,the daughter of late Mr. Joseph Clement wesley. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan , the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip .
My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on october 2005 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Twelve million,five hundred thousand United State Dollars. USD ($12,500,000.00) left in fixed / suspense account in one of the security company in europe,that he used my name as his daughter for the next of Kins in depositing of the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business ssociates.
That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where i will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel management .

Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
(1) To stand for me as my late father business partner.
(2) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to .
(3) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only a young girl.
(4) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country.


Best regards,
CAROL WESLEY



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