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

From: "amina rashid" <amina.rashid016@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: aminarashid51@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:35:23 +0000
Subject: From,Mrs.Amina

GREETINGS

 

MAY PEACE BE UPON YOU.I SEND THIS MAIL TO YOU AFTER
SERIES OF PRAYERS AND I BELIEVE YOU WILL NOT FAIL ME.

 

MY NAME IS MRS AMINA RASHID, I AM A GAMBIA NATIONAL AND THE WIFE OF LATE MR MAROUF RASHID,A STAFF OF GAMBIAN EMBASSY HERE IN IVORY COAST, WHO DIED IN THE YEAR 2002 AFETR A BRIEF ILLNESS .I WAS MARRIED TO MY HUSBAND FOR 30YRS WE LIVE IN ABIDJAN COTE D IVORE. WE HAD A CHILD, A BOY.

 

BEFORE MY HUSBANDS DEATH IN 2002, HE DEPOSITED A SUM OF 4 MILLION U.SDOLLARS IN ONE OF THE BANKS HERE IN ABIDJAN COTE D IVORE AND THIS MONEY WAS KEPT FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTANING AND TAKING CARE OF THE WELFARE OF OUR ONLY SON WHO IS NOW 17 YEARS OLD. I MISSED MY HUSBAND SO MUCH AND THE FACT TO HIS DEATH DESTABILISED ME CAUSING ME STROKE AND HEART FAILURE.VERY RECENTLY MY DOCTOR INFORMED ME THAT I HAVE CANCER AND THAT I MIGTH NOT LIVE UP TO 90 DAYS. I AM DEEPLY WORRIED BY MY FALLING HEALTH SITUATION BUT I HAVE THE BELIEVE THAT ALMIGTHY  HAS A PURPOSE FOR ALLOWING MY PREDICAMENT.I BELIEVE THAT IN EVERY SITUATION HE SHOULD BE PRAISE . HE IS MY STRENGHT AND I AM HAPPY HE IS MY GOD.

 

AM NOT SCARED OF DYING BUT MY ONLY PROBLEM IS HOW TO UTILIZE THE FUND WE KEPT IN BANK FOR ANY GOOD INVESTMENT YOU KNOW AND FOR THE WELFARE OF MY ONLY SON WHO IS STILL IN A COLLAGE HERE IN ABIDJAN. I HAVE PRAYED OVER THIS ISSUE AND MY SPIRIT DIRECTS ME TO CONTACT YOU TO ENJOINING YOU TO UNDERTAKE THE MAINTANACE AND CUSTODY OF MY SON AND THE SAID FUND WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR THE FUTURE AND THE BENEFIT OF MY SON. I AM NOT AFRAID OF DEATH HENCE I KNOW THAT I AM GOING TO BE WITH THE ALMIGTHY .

 

I HAVE RELATIVES WHOM I SHUOLD HAVE INTRUSTED THIS MONEY ONTO BUT THEY ARE WORLDLY,WICKED AND COULD MISS USE THIS MONEY AND MY SPIRIT HAS REJECTED THEM FOR THIS EXERCISE. I SHALL SEND THE PARTICULARS OF THIS FUND AND EVERY OTHER RELIVANT INFORMATION YOU MAY WISH TO KNOW  CONCERNING THIS FUND IF YOU ARE WILLING TO HELP. AND AS SOON AS I RECIEVED YOUR RESPONSE I WILL GIVE YOU THE CONTACT OF THE BANK AND A LETTER OF AUTHORITY WHICH WILL EMPOWER YOU AS THE NEW BENEFICIARY OF THIS FUND TO ACT ARCONDANLY AS I HAVE STATED .

 

MAY THE PEACE BE UPON YOU,

REGARDS MRS AMINA RASHID,

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