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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "diplomatic immunity"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "diplomatic immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist 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.
  • jean_4contactline@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jean guei <jean_4contactline@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:41:28 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Greeting.


JEAN ROBERTS GUEI
ABIDJAN,IVORY COAST.

Dear One

This mail surely will be a surprise to be in your mail, as the case is so urgent that i had to contact you for a divine help so that my life can be re-defined.After the assination of all my family, i happened to be his only surviving son as at today and since the death of my father his is still not buried since his assasination on the 19th of September,2002. I am 22 years Old, JEAN GUEI, from Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) the SON of General GUEI ROBERTS who died recently during the military coup'detat.As a former Head of State My father acquired and deposited one diplomatic boxes in a private security company here in Abidjan, containing 8million USD including Gold and Diamond worth more than $30million with a corresponding agency in Europe. Before he died arrangement was on, for him to move this money to Europe through a diplomatic Immunity by the Security Company.

I am therefore contacting you for an assistant so that the consignment would be claimed from the security and Finance Company by assisting us to pay for the demurrages charges that has accumulated due to the duration of the consignment before arranging a Diplomatic Immunity for the money to be shipped or transported to your nominated environment where we can have a meeting together.

NOTE: That the company does not know the exact content of the boxes for security reason, it was rather labelled as family valuables. I will also need your assistance for investing the money in your country i shall be sending you all the documents issued to my late father by the Security Company after your acceptance, my mother and i have agreed to compensate you with 20% from the total Sum. Time is not on my side, I will appreciate if you can get in touch with me as soon as possible so that I can give you more information about my proposals. you should be assured that there is nothing to worry about, everything will be done by our family attorney provided you can give me guarantee that the boxes will be well secured and that you will not take advantage of my situation.I will be so pleased if you can arrange to travel down here to see things for yourself in Ivory Coast here.You can
reach me through this e-mail address; (jean_4contactline@yahoo.fr)
I will stop here. Thank you and God bless You .
Best regards
JEAN ROBERTS GUEI.
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