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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million dollars" (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: ZENAB HASSAN <hassan_zci9@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <zenabhassan_ci9@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:56:02 +0200
Subject: FROM ZENAB




FROM ZENABC/O: REFUGEE CAMP-ABIDJANABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE,WEST AFRICA.
Hello Dear
I am delighted to hear from you. My name is Zenab Hassan, I am sorry if this mail will come to you as an embarrassment or a surprise, I just felt like empting myself to you, after my farst and preay ,I decided to confide in you, as am faced with total frustration and hardship. My Ernest prayer is that you find this mail in good health and blessings. I am presently residing in Abidjan,Cote d'Ivoire.

I have decided to contact you with greatest delight and personal respect.Well, I am Zenab Hassan,the only daughter of late Dr.Hassan kolonga late former Director of finance Sierra-Leone diamond and mining corporation.Few days before the death my father, he confided in me and ordered me to go to his underground safe and move out immediately, with a Deposit Agreement and Cash Receipt he made with a BANK in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire where he deposited USD$6.2 million dollars cash(SIX MILLION,TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS).This money was made from the sells of Gold and Diamond by my father and he have already decided to use this money for future investment of the family.
Thereafter, I rushed down to Abidjan with these two documents and confirmed the deposit of the fund by my father. Also I have been granted political stay as a Refugee camp by the Government of Cote d'Ivoire.Meanwhile, my father have instructed me to look for a trusted foreigner who can assist me to move out this money from Cote d'Ivoire immediately for investment.

Based on this,I solicit for your assistance to transfer this fund into your Account, but I will demand for the following requirement:
(1) Could you be able to introduce me to a profitable business venture that would not require much technical expertise in your country where part of this fund will be invested?
(2) Your full name.(3) Your residential house address.(4) Your direct telephone and fax number.(5) Your age (6) Marital status.
Please, all these requirements are urgently needed as it will enable me to establish a stronger business relationship with you hence I will like you to be the general overseer of the investment there after.
I am trusthing you and I will please want you to handle this transaction based on the trust I have established on you.For your assistance in this transaction, I have decided to offer you 25% percent commission of the total amount at the end of this business. The security of this business is very important to me and as such,I would like you to keep this business very confidential.If you are willing to assist me.Please kindly reply me immediately. I shall expect your urgent response.
Thank's From Zenab







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