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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:
  • "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: MMEKABIE ELVIRE <kabie_e26@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:02:25 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Mrs kabie Elvire


Mrs kabie Elvire
Republic of Togo

Dear beloved, good day and how are you.

I am kabie Elvire wife to the Ex-president of the federal
republic of Togo (President Gnassingbe Elvire Ettienne) as it was heard
over the cable networks that he died untimely as a result of illness.
Its true. My husband past away on seat in his 38 years of rulership.
Before he died he deposited a box contaning twenty one million united
state dollars on my behalf with a security and safe deposit company at
Abidjan the capital city of Cote d'Ivoire.But without the company
knowing the real content of the box, he only told them that it contains
family valuables.
Now I have this documents and I need your kind assistance, I want you to
apply to the security and safe deposite company as my foriegn business
assosciate to whom the box should be transferred to. Please I need your
urgent assistance to this matter because my late husband's family
memebers are against me and have taken hold of everything I inherited
from my late husband and have even taken hold of my two kids now I am
being monitored in every step that I take and this money is my last hope
in life, all that I have is this money and I need your trust worlthyness
as in promising never to betray me when you recieve this money.
Base on your acceptance of this proposal send me your
FULL CONTACT INFORMATION WHICH INCLUDES YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS,HOME
AND OFFICE ADDRESSES. PROMISING ME NEVER TO EXPOSE
THIS TO ANY ONE.

So that I will introduce you to the security and safe deposit
company as the beneficiary. Please my circumstance is very bad, you can
be reaching me via email for security reasons it is save and
confidential.
Thanks
Yours sincerely
Mrs kabie Elvire



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