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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)
  • "trunk box" (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: "Mrs. Ella Snizore."<ella_102@myway.com>
Reply-To: ellasnizore_17@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 22:52:43 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Email Sent From Mrs. Ella Snizore.







Dear Friend,I am Mrs. ELLA SNIZORE from Philippines, widow to the late former minister of finance in Philippine who died on 14th of May 2005. I inherited a total sum of $9million United state dollars) from my late husband, the money was oncealed in a metallic trunk box and was deposited with a security and finance company in Abidjan Cote D Ivoire, that was because I needed a maximum security/safety of my consignment and no body or government organization can trace the here about of the money until I am ready and prepare to claim it. but the Secucrity company didn't know the real content of the box,because it was deposited under a secret arrangement as a family valuables.My main purpose of sending you this mail is because of the way I found you nd perhaps trustworthy to give you this priority of shipping the box of money to any address that you think is very secure and save in your country for onward ment into your account for the purpose of future investmentwith your
percentage of which we shall chat on soon.I will send you the Authorization document to contact the company in my next email which is the deposit certificate that they gave me on the very day when the box of money was deposited with a secret code for sefety. I give thanks immensely for your co-operation as I look forward to hear from you soon. All the best,Mrs. Ella Snizore.


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