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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)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "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.
  • prince_igbayi@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "PRINCE IGBAYI" <prince_igbayi@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 11:20:32 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE NOW.

From :Prince Igbayi.
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
West Africa. Dear lovely one, Yes,i want someone like you to help me out that i can stay with you for the rest of my life ,am 24 years old boy .My late dad is a wealthy and successful king in my city before he died.My mum died when i was a baby. Am the only child in the family. Before the death of my dad,he called me secretly in the private hospital where he was admitted and inform me to run away from his palace because of his blood brother,who is one of the chief in the palace .It was on that day,my dad reveilled to me that,it was his brother who poisoned him to this level. Inshort,he seriously warn me to keep this money secretly because he know that,it was because of all his wealth and properties,his brother decided to kill him so that he can inherit all this properties as i am still a young boy. My dad disclose to me that traditionally,i don't suppose to get any of his properties because my mother was not married legal and he did not !
have any child with is legal wive so for this reason ,he did not disclose to his brother about this money (us$10.5 million united states dollars ) in a consignment deposited in a security company here in my country and he seriously advise me to claim this consignment that contain this money to oversea for my investment,where i will start my new life and finish my education. Because of this reason,i am soliciting your assistance for the claim of the consignment to your country for the business. Frankly speaking,i am ready to give you 15% of this total money for your assistance and with extral 1% for your expenses on phone call, please reply me now if really serious to help me out of this present situation so that i can tells you more about my intention. Anyway,you can not understand anything now because it is a long story but please and please for God sake,reply me so that i can tell you more about myself and the claim of the consignment. kindlly !
reply me in my private email prince_igbayi@yahoo.fr Best Regards
, Prince Igbayi.

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