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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: ceiline milan <clmn_2006@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 02:24:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: from ceiline milan


From Ceiline Milan
Abidjan Cote d'ivoire
West Africa .



Dearest friend,

I thank God for this opportunity to get in touch with you, I pray that my decision to ask you for help would not be thrown to the wind. Introducing myself, I am Miss Ceiline Milan, the only daughter of Late Chief and Mrs.Frank Milan a businessman who based in Liberia and Abidjan Cote d'ivoire who sold Gold and exported Cocoa .My father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips

But before the death of my father on the 29th April 2004 in a private hospital here in Abidjan He secretly called me on his bed and told me that he
has a sum of USD$8M (eight million U.S) deposited in a security company here in Abidjan Cote D' Ivoire, that he used my name as his beloved duaghter for the next of kin in depositing the fund

Now I have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons.I want you to help me claim and retrieve this fund from the From security company into your personal account in your country for investment purposes.

Moreover,I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compersation for your effort and input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas, I will be waiting to hearing from you as soon as this email gets to you in good health.

I am ready to send to you every relevand documents including the certificate of deposit if i hears from you as soon as possible.

Thanks and God bless you.

Yours,

Ceiline Milan.



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