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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • telmachuks_04@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: telma chuks <telmachuks_04@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:33:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Greetings From Miss Telma Chuks


TELMA CHUKS
EMAIL::::telmachuks_04@yahoo.ca
YAUMSKRO COTE DIVOIRE

DEAREAST ONE

PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF CONTACTING YOU IN THIS ISSUE AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL HEAR ME OUT. I AM MISS TELMA CHUKS THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF LATE MR AND MRS CHUKS KOFFE MY FATHER WAS A VERY SUCCESFULL COCOA FARMER HERE IN YAMUSKRO AND A GOLD MINER IN ANGOLA BEFORE HE WAS KILLED DURING THE POLITICAL CRISES IN YAMUSKRO.

BEFORE HIS DEATH HE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME ABOUT THE SUM OF 9.5MILLON UNITED STATE DOLLARS WHICH HE DEPOSITED AT THE SECURITY COMPANY AND HAND ME OVER THE DOCUMENTS THAT WAS ISSUED TO HIM AT DAY HE DEPOSTED THE MONEY AND THE MONEY IS IN A TRUNK BOX AND IT WAS REGISTERED AS A FAMILY VALUABLE AND EVEN THE SECURITY COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THE CONTENT OF THE BOX.

I WANT YOU TO HELP ME AND TRANSFER THE MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY AND I WILL WITH ALL MY HEART GIVE YOU 20% OUT OF THE WHOLE MONEY FOR YOUR EFFORT AND AFTER THE BOX HAS BEEN TRANSFER YOU WILL HELP ME AND INVEST THE MONEY IN A GOOD BUSINESS WHILE I CONTIUNE MY EDUCATION. PLEASE IF YOU WANT TO HELP ME I WILL LIKE YOU TO SEND TO ME YOUR CONTACT SUCH AS PHONE NUMBER/ YOUR FAX NUMBER/ AND YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS SO THAT I WILL GIVE YOU THE CONTACT OF THE SECURITY COMPANY WHERE THE BOX IS LYING SO THAT YOU WILL CONTACT THEM ON MY BEHALF INFORM THEM THAT YOU ARE MY LATE FATHER BUSINESS PARTNER THAT YOU WANT THE BOX TO BE TRANSFER IN YOUR COUNTRY. HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU.
REGARDS
MISS TELMA CHUKS


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