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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  • rosemary_denis01@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "rosemary denis" <rosemarydenis1010@latinmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 16:12:27 +0100 (CET)
Subject: from rose


REPLY ME ON: rosemary_denis01@yahoo.fr
FROM: MISS ROSEMARY DENIS
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE
WEST AFRICA.

DEAREST ONE,

THIS LETTER WAS BORNE OUT OF MY SINCERE DESIRE TO ESTABLISH A BUSINESS
/ MUTUAL A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU TO INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY.
I GOT YOUR CONTACT WHILE I WAS MAKING A RESERCH IN LIBERARY AND I HAVE
THE BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE RELIABLE AFTER GOING THROUGH YOUR
PROFILE.

MY NAME IS MISS. ROSEMARY DENIS THE DAUTHER OF CHIEF ERICK DENIS ( THE
FORMER DEPUTY MINISTER OF FINANCE UNDER THE COSTUDY OF CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT)
WHO WAS KILLED AND MUTILATED BY THE MINITARY JUNTA LED BY MAJOR, PAUL
KOROMA AFTER OVER- THROWING THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF PRÉSIDENT TIJAN
KABBA.

THOUGH, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT EXTENDYOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH EVENTS AND
DISTURBANCES IN SIERRA-LEONE, BUT THE PRESURE OF WAR DROVE ME AND MY SISTER
OUT OF SIERRAN-LEONE INTO EXILE IN ABIDJAN WHERE WE HAVE BEEN LIVING
UNDER PLITICAL ASYLUM FOR 3 YEARS. SADLY, MY MOTHER DIED OF CANCER 6
MONTHS AGO AND WAS BURIED IN ABIDJAN.

PRIOR TO HIS DEATH, HE HANDED OVER A CERTIFICATE MEANT FOR A SECRET
DEPOSIT, WHICH MY FATHER MADE IN A SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN ABIDJAN.THE
DEPOSIT THAT IS WORTH OF $7,000.000.00UD (SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS) WAS
MONEY PAID TO HIS CORPORATION BY ITS OVERSEAS CUSTOMERS IN THE HEAT OF
CONFLICT. HE MADE THE DEPOSIT ON HIS NAME WITH THE HOPE OF CONVERTING IT
TO HIS PERSONAL USE AT THE END OF THE WAR, BUT WAS KILLED WHEN THE
CONFLICT INTENSIFIED AS A RESULT OF HIS OPPOSITION TO THE REBEL FORCES.

I HAVE CONTACTED THE SECURITY COMPANY TO CONFIRM THE DEPOSIT AND
ESTABLISH OWNERSHIP. DUE TO THE DEATH OF MY MOTHER AND THE RETURN OF PEACE
IN SIERRA- LEONE, I HAVE DECIDED TO SOLICIT FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF AN
HONEST AND TRUST WORTHY PERSON OR COMPANY THAT WILL ASSIST IN THE
TRANSFER AND BUSINESS RE-INVESTMENT OF THE MONEY. I CANNOT DO IT ALONE DUE
TO MY PRESENT SOCIAL STATUS AND TOTAL IGNORACE OF THE BUSINESS WORLD.

YOU WILL BE GIVEN A NEGOCIABLE PERCENTAGE OF THE MONEY AT THE END OF
THE TRANSACTION. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE ABOVE PROPOSAL, CONTACT
ME IMMEDIATELY THROUGH THE EMAIL ADDRESS INDICATED ABOVE FOR MORE
DETAILS. YOU MUST MAINTAIN ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS.
PLEASE, INDICATE YOUR PERSONAL TEL/FAX NUMBERS.


BEST REGARDS,
MISS.ROSEMARY DENIS







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