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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:
  • "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: Miss prisca camara <priscamara2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <p_kamara1@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:44:48 +0100
Subject: DEAR TRUSTED ONE,




DEAR TRUSTED ONE,






I KNOW YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHO I AM PERSONALLY. BUT PLEASE BE SYMPATHATIC TO ME AND ASSIST ME WITH THE HEART OF A CHILD OF GOD.

MY NAME IS MISS PRISCA CAMARA A 19 YEARS OLD DAUGTHER OF LATE MR DAVID CAMARA FROM ZIMBABWE.MY FATHER USED TO BE A WELL KNOWN COCOA FARMER IN OUR COUNTRY ZIMBABWE AND HE WAS AMONG THE FARMERS THAT WERE KILLED DURING THE RECENT LAND DISPUTES BY THE AGENTS OF OUR PRESIDENT ROBERT GABRIEL MUGABE(KCB).

BUT BEFORE HE WAS MURDERED, HE HAS BEEN RUNNING HIS BUSSINESS TRIPS (AGRICULTURAL CROPS) FROM OUR COUNTRY ZIMBABWE TO ABIDJAN THE CAPITAL OF COTE D'IVORIE.I WAS INFORMED IN SCHOOL (GHANA-ACCRA) ABOUT THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF MY FATHER AND RETURED HOME.

TWO WEEKS AFTER HIS DEATH MY MOTHER TOLD ME ABOUT THE DEPOSITE OF $19.5 MILLION DOLLARS(NINTHEEN MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) IN A BANK IN ABIDJAN,COTE D'IVOIRE WITH A FOREIGN PARTNER WHICH SHE DON'T KNOW. ALSO THE DOCUMENT OF THE DEPOSITE ARE HERE WITH ME.

I HAD TO LIVE FOR COTE D'IVOIRE BECAUSE OF THIS FUND AND ALSO MY SAFTY. NOW I AM PRESENTLY IN ABIDJAN,COTE D'IVOIRE.

I HAVE TO STOP HERE SO FAR, I WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU AND ALSO I WILL BE GREATFULL TO YOU, IF YOU HELP ME TO BRING THIS FUND OUT FROM THE BANK TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR MY FUTURE AND TO FINISH UP MY EDUCATION .

PLEASE BE SYMPATHETIC TO ME AND ASSIST ME AS YOUR OWN DAUGHTER AND CHILD.

AWAITTING FOR YOUR REPLY.

GOD BLESS.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MISS PRISCA CAMARA .

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