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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • d_danielawus@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DANIEL awus <d_danielawus@yahoo.ca>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:09:45 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE.


d_danielawus@yahoo.ca

DANIEL AWUS.

REPLY TO :d_danielawus@yahoo.ca
Dear One,
It is my pleasure to introduce myself to your good self. My name isDaniel Awus, I am an orphan, My late father was the Managing
Director of a cocoa export company here in Abidjan,Cote d'Ivoire until his
untimely death on the 2nd of november 2003 . He was poisioned by his business associates while my mother died of cardiac arrest. Soon as my father died, I later found out that he has some deposit in suspense account in a bank here in Abidjan before he died and it is only me that have the knowledge of this. He also made me the next of kin when he deposited the money in the
account. This is the reason why I am contacting you. I am an orphan. . I just finished my high school and I would like to go into business with this heritage. I am contacting you so that you can become my business partner by helping me to transfer the money in any account you can nominate in your country. After the successful transfer of the money, I will then move together with you to your country, where we shall invest the money in a viable investment. The sum in question is two million, five hundred thousand USdollar(US$2,500,000). I also hope to continue my education in your country from this amount as soon as the money and myself gets to your country. Immediately upon the successful transfer of this money and my subsequent travel to your country, I will compensate you with 5% of the total sum that would be transferred for your kind assistance. You will also serve as a guardian of the joint investment we are going to operate together. Please reply me with this my
private email d_danielawus@yahoo.ca

Daniel.


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