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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)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "rita joel" <ritajoel0113@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ritajoel_01@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:44:10 +0000
Subject: FROM Rita Joel

FROM Rita Joel
ADDRESS:01 BP 25687 ABIDJAN 03
AVENUE 23 RUE 33 BARREE COCODY
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
WEST AFRICA

 

Dearest One,
I am Miss Rita Joel. from Sierra Leone.The only Daughter of Engr.Joel .Tega ,Ceo of Tega's Oil
filling Station and Tega's shipping company Now Soldto USA Investors and the Chairman Youth DevlopmentUnion In My Town (DANTIRI)  ,We are writing you from Rep. of Cote 'Ivoire where wehave been taking refugeafter the brutal war and murder of our parents by the
rebels during there newed fighting in our country.

Because of the war our late Father sold his shippingcompany and took us to a nearby country Cote d'Ivoirewhere he deposited US 4,000, 000.00 Million in his foreign account with one of the bank Here In AbidjanCote d'Ivoire , On his way Back His Oil Filling Station Was Destroied and burnt down and they killed him. This money was annually paid into my late fathers account from Shell petroleum development company(SPDC)and chevron  oil company operating in our locality for the compensation of youth and  community development in our jurisdiction

we need your help and due to the courrent political sutuation in Ivory Coastwe are seeking for your assistance to transfer this Money and also relocate to your country to further our study and we are
willing to offer you 20% of the total sum for your help. Please, for more
discussion contact us on this

Awaits to hear from you.
Rita Joel

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