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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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: <rita_danjuma2009@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:34:59 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FROM RITA DANJUMA

in a private hospital here in Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has a sum of USD$27.5M (twentySeven Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S),deposited in a Security and finance company in (Abidjan Cte d$BC*(Bvoire, that he used my name as his only daugter for the next of kin in depositing the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as expansion of his existing cocoa business and real
estate management here on how best to transfer this money to overseas please.He told me that the fund is a trunk box as such the security does not know the contents of the box.I am humbly seeking your
assistance in the following ways:

1- To assist me in providing an account of yours where this fund can quietly be transferred into.
2- To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am still in the university.
3- To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to help me securea residential permit in your country.
Moreover, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after thesuccessful transfer of this fund into your
nominated account overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses we may incur. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible time if you signify
interest to assist me.

NB : Please contact me immediately you receive this
message through this
email address if you are interested.God bless.

YOURS FAITHFULLY

RITA DAN.




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