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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Juli Adam" <juli_adams01@latinmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 14:03:53 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM MISS JULIET ADAMS.


FROM MISS JULIET ADAMS.
COTE D' IVOIRE.


RELATIONSHIP.

DEAREST,

PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE TO GO INTO BUSINESS PERTINERSHIP WITH YOU.

I AM MISS JULIET ADAMS THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF LATE MR & MRS JOHNSON ADAMS HE WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT HERE IN ABIDJAN BUT HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS ASSOCIATE ON ONE OF THEIR TRIPS ABROAD AND I LOST MY MOTHER WHEN I WAS A CHILD.

AFTER THE DEATH OF MY MOTHER HE GOT MARRIED TO ANOTHER WOMAN WHO HATED ME WITH A PASSION SIMPLY BECAUSE MY FATHER LOVES ME SO MUCH ALONG SIDE MY YOUNGER BROTHER.

SHORTLY BEFORE HE DIED HE TOLD ME THAT HE DEPOSITED SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY $13M(THIRTEEN MILLION DOLLARS)WITH A PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY HERE AND THAT HE USED MY NAME AS THE APPOINTED BENEFICIARY.

HE WARNED ME THAT I SHOULD NEVER LET MY STEP MOTHER KNOW ABOUT THIS DEPOSIT SO THAT SHE WILL NOT COME AFTER US.HE SAID HE WAS POISION BY HIS ASSOCIATE BECAUSE OF THE MONEY TOO SO AM BEING CAREFUL ABOUT IT NOW.

HE WENT AHEAD TO SAY THAT INCASE HE DID NOT SURVIVE THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTINER IN ANY COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHO WILL HELP ME TRANSFER THIS FUND OUT AND ALSO HELP ME IN THE INVESTMENT.SO THAT IS WHY I AM CONTACTING NOW.

I AWAITS FOR YOUR RESPONSE SO THAT I WILL GIVE YOU THE DETAILS OF HOW TO GO ABOUT IT.

REGARDS,

JULIET ADAMS.



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