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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: <suzzy_love02@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: suzzylove_2006@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 01:40:44 +0900 (JST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE.

Dearest one,

Dear please don't be offended by receiving this mail from me without any notice ,i just want to officially introduce myself. I'm Miss Susan Kone originate from Cote D'Ivoire in West Africa.

I have lost both of my parents,I am 20 years old now, My father died after brief illness and my mother also died when I was Five years old.

I am the only child of my late parents and after death of my late father, his relatives started claiming all his belongings without minding what i will use to leave my future life.

Now i have drop out from my education and none of them even want to know or care for my future study,been that every one of them mind their child alone as i don't have no one to stand on my side.

Dear my point of contacting you is this,my father is well industrious man and he left a very big amount of USD$2.3M ( Two Million .Three hundred thousand U.S)deposited in a bank here in ( Abidjan Cote D' Ivoire Coast )and i want you to help me to transfer this fund out of this country been that
i don't have experience of transfer before.


Now being a Lady,i haven't marry while the happiness i will have in life is to bear this miserable situation without helper,now i which and promise that once i get solved of this very situation from you and also welcome me as family member.i will send the name of the company and their address to
contact and i will give order that the fund should be released to the account that will be submitted by you.

Dear one, We will retrieve this fund from the company house to enable us invest this fund in your country and meet with you eyeball to eyeball if God permits and share my sincere love with you. I will like this to be an ever lasting family relationship .

If you want percentage of the transfer we can discuss that once i hear from you.

Wishing you love and happiness throughout your life,
May peace of God and love remain in you forever and ever amen.

Awaiting your urgent respond.

Yours in love

Miss Kone Suzan



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