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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:
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "cotonou" (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: PAULINE LANDRE <mrsp_landre5@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mrspauline_landre2005@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 17:44:41 +0100
Subject: FROM MRS PAULINE LANDRE



From Madam joachim paulinelandre,Dear ,I know that as I am sending this mail to you without both of us knowing eachother will look so strange to you but please, pardon me for that but I alwaysmentain my late husband's theory that business is people and contacts.
Please, I am Mrs joachim Paulin landre the wife of late Cheif konnie landre theformer port director here in LOME the capital of REPUBLIC OF TOGO, but amtemporaily residing in cotonou the capital of BENIN REPUBLIC.
My husband died on the 6th of june 2006 and since then till now, my husband'sfamily has been telling me that I must remaried to my husband's younger brotheraccording to tradition or loose everything left by my late husband since I didnot have any Male Child.But as I know that it is an abomonation before ALMIGHTY God, I refused and they siezedall that I have including my traveling document which my children and I wantedto runaway to DUBAI since we have been marltreated by his family.Please, my main aim of contacting you now is to seek for your assistance to helpact as my proxy to claim the fund which my husband deposited with an ASSETSMANAGEMENT COMPANY in ACCRA - GHANA, since the family dont know that he have suchamount which he consealed in a trunk box and registered it as important familydocuments, which he my husband told me that he only deposited that fund in caseof if any thing happens tomorrow that I should use it to train my four children.
Please, the amount is $5.3 Million USD, but I will like to give you the fullinformation on how you will claim the fund with the ssistance of a man of Godintroduce to me here in cotonou by a church member.
Please, this money is the last hope of my children and I, after claiming the boxand deposit the fund into your account, you will assist us to come over so thatyou will direct us on the area to invest the money either in your country or anycountry where you found to be profitable.
Please, try to respond urgently so that I will give you more information.
Thanks till I hear from you.Yours,Pauline landre.

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