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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:
  • "hundred thousand u.s 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: "Doris & Kingsley" <doriskingsley1@ozu.es> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dlampty2@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:16:12 +0000
Subject: Proposal

From:Kingsley & Doris.
+22501038476

Dear,

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business
venture which I and my Sister intend to establish in
your country. There is this amount of Three million
Five hundred Thousand U.S dollars($3,500,000.00)
which our late Father kept for us with a bank here
in abidjan before his death.

I and my sister have decided to invest these money
anywhere safe enough outside our Country for
security and political reasons. We want you to help
us transfer these fund from here into your personal
account in your country for investment purposes on
these areas were tax will not be much.
If you can be of an assistance to us we will be
pleased to offer to you 8% of the total fund.

I await your soonest response.

Respectfully yours,
Kingsley & Doris.
+22501038476

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