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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:
  • "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. )
  • "the consignment " (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: <divine_k2@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:52:14 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Please Be Sympathatic To My Cry.

I am Miss Divine Kabila, from Democratic Republic of Congo. There is an imformation I would like you to keep very confidential There is a sum of money my Father Late President Laurent Kabila, deposited in a security company in Abidjan, Cote d'ivoire for safety purposes.

Before he was killed by my step-eldest Millitary brother. The squable happened as immediately they returned back from their London trip(my mother and my father). My Father married two wivies,my mother was the second wife.Because of the suck our mother gave up too,I will not be able to give you
the full details that led to that urgly incidents. The Eldest Son is the current President of our country now. For now we are staying in Abijdan, the capital of Republic of Cote d'voire,just to save our lifes me and my brother. The money in question, is $22 Million U.S.Dollars.

We can not make the withdrawal of this fund, because my father registered the beneficiary of the fund as his (Foreign Bussiness Partner) and also (Family valuables as the content of the deposit) The documents of the deposit are with me.

What I would want you to do for me, is to assits us to get the consignment withdrawn from the security company, and we shall open a small account in a Bank here in your name, and transfer the money to your country, through the account .We shall replace the name Foreign partner to your own name,
because the code was used for security reason.

We will give you the 10% of the money for your assitance.There is no risk in this transaction. We will use the remain balance of the money for an investiment in your country for our future.

If you can maintain the very confidential of this transaction,reply immediately for more clearification, and also note that I and my little brother are refugees in Abidjan in Cote d'lvoire because of the assesnation of our late father and the civil war going on in our country the Democratic
Republic of Congo.

please i will be waitting for your kind response.


Thank you very much and God bless.

Miss Divine Kabila.





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