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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • m_mary113@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mary mary <ma_mar94@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <ma_mary112@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:07:41 +0200
Subject: From Miss. Mary.Jude




From Miss. Mary.JudeDearest One,

I am Miss Mary Jude. I am 18yrs old from Burkina Faso in West Africa. Our country used to be the most peacefull and most stable economy in West Africa until 19th september 2002 when our country was attacked by terrorists, killing many prominent personalities and holding our dear country to ransome, among people killed was my late father and my mother, now i am the only one left in my family. Before the death of my late father, he revealed to me that he deposited the sum of US$5.5M (Five Million Five Hundred United States Dollars) concealed in a mettalic box with a security company in Abidjan Ivory Coast in West Africa but not as money rather he deposited it as family valuable and Africa artsworks belonging to his foreign business partner whose name was not mantioned in the certificate of deposit issued during the time of the deposit. I want you to help me thus: (1)TO CLAIM THE METTALIC BOX FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY IN ABIDJAN Ivory Coast AND ALSO PROVIDE AN ACCOUNT WHERE THESE FUNDS CAN BE LODGED. (2)ACTING AS MY GUARDINAN WHILE I CONTINUE MY EDUCATION UNDER YOUR CARE. (3) BE MY SOLE BENEFACTOR WHERE YOU WILL INVEST THIS MONEY FOR ME. I am offering you 15% of the total sum, while I will set aside 5% for any expenses that might be incurred during the course of this transaction. Please indicate your interest and willingness in assisting me. Please note, there is no illegality involved in this transaction as my late father was a very wealthy and reknowned cocoa merchant/ farmer. Please I would like you to indicate your interest to assist me so that I will give you the contact of the security company and furnish you with more information as I want this funds to be retrieved as soon as possible as we are unsure of the conditions of the country. My Email is m_mary113@yahoo.fr May the Almighty sustain you.
I will be expecting to hear from you.With kind regards, Miss Mary Jude
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