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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 us 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.
  • farida01_abdullahi@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: farida abdullahi <farida01_abdullahi@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:25:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From : Farida Abdullahi


>From : Farida Abdullahi
Abidjan Ivory coast,
Email farida01_abdullahi@yahoo.com

With due respect and fear of God, i wish you Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you.
Briefly,I am Mrs Farida Abdullahi, the wife of late Dr Ahmed Dehif Abdullahi, he was the chairman/CEO of the Sierra-Leone national Gold & Diamond Mining Corporation.
I fleed my country Sierra-Leone with my son immediately after the arrest and detention of my late husband with six other men by the government of President Tinja Kaba on allegation of subversive activities and treasonable offences which was nothing but a mere political persecution,Though I do not know to that extent you are familiar with the event and crisis in sierra-Leone.
However, during the disturbance and prior to my husband death he gave me all the documents for the secret deposit he made in a Security Company in Europe,the deposit is US$ 15 Million US Dollars.I would want you to help me keep this fund in a safe account and when it is properly secured we will jointly invest in any business you consider profitable.
With all honesty to the stated data in this message, i assure you of the genuity to the full,and would be happy if you can handle it with the most confidential manner since the rest of my life and that of my farmily solmely depends on this fund and let me make it know to you that it is for the fear of betrayal from anyone around me here that confirms my decision to contact a neutral individual like you ,on it all, I will not hesitate to give you a 20% or negotiable of the total sum for your assistance.I'm Anticipating to hear from you today.
My regards,
Farida Abdullahi.


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