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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
• 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.
  • markdaniel234@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "guel mark" <gueldanmark@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: markdaniel234@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:44:50 +0000
Subject: INVITATION

Dear Friend,

I am Mark Daniel Guei , from Cote d Ivoire. I am 30years old ,I lost my
father a couple of years ago. My father late General Robert Guei was a
Ex-Military head of State of Ivory Coast until his untimely death,For your
verification you can visit:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2269238.stm

He was assassinated on the 19th of September 2002 by an unknown group of
heavily armed gunmen following the political uprising. To be brief and
straight to the point, before his untimely death, he deposited with a
finance Vault company a metal safe box containing the sum of ( Ten Million,
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) $10.5 Million Dollars
meant for the purchase of heavy artilleries, armoured tank, ammunitions and
security equipments from Dubai .

The Vault company do not know the real contents of the metal safe box
therein as money, because he convincingly told them at the time of deposit
that it only contains African Artificial treasures and computer security
consumables that does not need air and sun rays, that will be ship to his
foreign business associate in abroad. Name of the finance Vault firm is
withheld for security reasons.

I want you to do me a favour to claim the box as my late father foreign
business associate overseas in your country, so that I will come over to
your country for investment and resettlement, since the present
administration is no more in cordial relationship with my families.

I will go into partnership investment with you in your country , such as
Real Estate and Hotel ownership this is my reason for writing to you. Please
if you are willing to assist me, indicate your interest in replying soonest,
I will offer you 30% only for your kind and honest assistance.

Do kindly send me your Full Nmaes,direct telephone and fax numbers for an
easy communication.

You can email me personally via:markdaniel234@hotmail.com

Regards,

Mark Daniel Guei

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