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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:
  • "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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.
  • vivianprince@ubbi.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Vivian Prince <vivian_p02@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: vivianprince@ubbi.com
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:19:22 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Vivian


Dearest in the lord,
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 he deposited $ 10.5,million us dollars with a Bank here in Abidjan and told me that he use my name as next of kin to that money and use his foriegn business partner as beneficary with agreement that any foriegner I submit his details to the bank as his foriegn business partner is whom the bank will transfer the money to his account.

Now i seek your urgent help to claim this money from the bank 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.

This business is 100% 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 will help us out.

I will prefer you reach me on my private Email address(vivianprince@ubbi.com)

Thanks as you reply urgently.

regards
miss Vivian prince

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