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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 orphan scam.
• 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.
  • privatevivian@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "vivian prince" <prince_vivian6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: p_vivian2006@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:15:07 +0000
Subject: Can I Trust You ?

Goodday.

Dear One,

I am a girl of 21 years old,By name Ms Vivian prince citizen of cote d’
ivoire. I am still a student in one unnivercity in GHANA reading law to be
come a lawyer after graguateing. i have a very bad problem now and that is
why i contact you for urgent asisstance.

I have a young brother and my mother die of (T/B) Tuberculoses some years
back. my father's name is MR LATH PRINCE. my father was a well known
business magnet here in cote d' ivoire. the
political crisis here is becoming uncontrollable, you may have heard about
it in the international media. just recently the election of the country has
been cancel because of some problem that is going on even today.

This is to tell you how my country is now I thank God that i was not at home
when what i am about to tell you happen but is a deep shock to me and also
what i do not think that i can forget so easily.

Is about my father's death my father was murdered in our house here by
unknown people but after a year now i come to realise that it was the hand
work of the great poeple in power master mind the act. so i can not fight
them i leave vengance to God. Now is like my father, know what is going to
happen he call me one day and told me that the has $ 10.2,million us dollars
with a security company here in Abidjan for safe keeping only. and told me
that he use my name as next of kin to that money, but warn me not to tell
any body about this. he told me that he deposited this money as family
valuables in a box.

Now i seek your urgent help to claim this money from the security company as
my late father foreign partner on our behalf, and also to help us come over
to your country to futher our education there. while you will help me to
invest the money in your country since i do not know anything concerning
business.

You will offer you 25% risk free. And we are to discuss on the percentage
which you are to take from the total money for your urgent help after
comfirming that you
My Private Email Address Is privatevivian@Rediffmail.com

will asisst in this soonest.

Thanks as you reply urgently.
regards
miss Vivian prince

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