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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "rosemary johnson" <rosemaryjohnson1002@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: rosemaryjohnso@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:32:26 +0000
Subject: Miss Rosemary Cry For Help

FROM ROSEMARY JOHNSON,
5,AVENUE RULL MACCORY
ABIDJAN-COTE D'IVOIRE.
WEST AFRICA

Dear  Friend

May Peace be upon you, I know is wrong to contact you through this means! but is just that i am desparate and my pressent condition now is fruastrating, that was why i use this medium to fasting up my request to solicit your help..

I am Rosemary  the daughter of the late Mr Morris Johnson assacinated sinator in Zimbabwe, My father was killed including my Mother under political problem. After the killings the killer squad came after me and my Brother Thomson  we had to run out of our country to in Abidjan,capital of ivoiry coast in west africa where we are currently staying).

For the past five months now. I want you to assist me claim this fund that my dad  depoisted into(City Bank here  in Abidjan d'ivoiry ($9 .500,000,000$) Please could you come down here assist us standing as forieng friend of my late Father brouth the money out of the Bank. So that the money will transferd  into your account in your country and also took me and my brother out of here that had made us orphan.

Why i contacted you was that i went to the City Bank to claim the found since my late father use my name as the next of kin to the deposit  the Money! but i was told by the Bank Director that my late father made an agreement with them that i have to get to the age of 25yrs before i can make claim of the box or alternativlly i should provide a guardain who can make the claim on my behalf and that was why i contacted you.

Please if your willing to help us out here and made us orphan' I will give you
10% percent for recieving us includ the money and taking care of us' Also forward you the Bank contact if you want to contact them. De to our situation here  and things not getting better in our country , That is why we don wan't to continue living here in africa and suffering.

Please kindly assist me and my brother has been passing through hard for long time now. I must tell you this money is our last hope,

Am waiting for your reply
Thanks
Your daughter Rosemary

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