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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found 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.
  • abdul_malick_forabay@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Abdul Malick Forabay" <abdul_forabay@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: abdul_malick_forabay@myway.com
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:09:53 +0200
Subject: From Abdul Malick.

From Mr Abdul Malick Forabay
Dakar Senegal,West Africa.
Attn :

Based on the information I gathered about you during my search for a reliable partner, I am happy to send this message to you.I hope you will consider and give it urgent and favourable reply.My name is Abdul Malick Forabay,a citizen of Sierra -Leone,Son of late Chief.Mahmood Forabay,who before his death was the person managing the Sierra -Leone gold and diamond corporation( SGDC ) .

I hope you are aware of the war which has ravaged my country for the past years now .It was in one of this attacks by the rebels that led to the death of my father and three of my sister,now I am left alone.I was terrified of the situation and because of this I escaped from Sierra - Leone to Dakar Senegal into a refugee camp but brought along the documents covering a deposited sum of u.s$18.3 million,in a trunk box and presently in a security company as family valuables .

My aim of contacting you is to seek for your able assistance as a front in transferring this fund abroad into an account, then as a business developer,you can help me to invest wisely in areas you deem lucrative and finally obtain a residential permit for me to stay comfortable in your country.

Presently I cannot go back to Sierra- Leone because of the situation there;therefore I wish you could help me get out of here as quick as possible.
I am prepared to offer you 30% of the total funds for your able assistance and support and would send you proofs of the funds as soon as I favourably hear from you through my private Email abdul_malick_forabay@myway.com <mailto:abdul_malick_forabay@myway.com>
Finally I implore you to treat this transaction with secrecy and confidentiality for security reasons.
Thanks
Waiting in anticipation to hear from you,may Allah bless you.
Abdul Malick Forabay.

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