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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "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)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "urgent assistance" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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: eliza ehou <eliuoz2@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: elizeman22@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:23:06 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: READ IN GOOD FAITH


Dearest One,

I pray that this message meet you in good state of health and may Almighty be with you and your family .
Mysteries has gone in my life. Life has become restless for me in this western part of Africa. 29th September 2004 late in the night the murderers came without pity without mercy they kill my father in front of me.

My father was a wealthy Cocoa merchant.The trouble began early 2004 year when my father's associates started suspecting that my father was not giving proper accounts of all the tons of cocoa being cultivated by local farmers in some villages. This mistrust worstened between Jul-Aug 2004 when they discovered a very big sum of money my father deposited with one (GLOBAL SAFETY FINANCE&SECURITY COMPANY) HERE IN ABIDJAN
As a result of this discovery and the enviousness of the money ,he was killed by his associates. Before this, he revealed to me the reasons of his being hated. He directed me where to get the documents of the said deposit, he told me that he enrolled my name as his next of kin for the deposit, being the only child. He advised me that I should not stay in the country because his enemies might equally kill me to reap all his wealth hence my mother died five years ago of cancer.

He instructed me that if he dies, that I should look for a foreign partner who will help me to retrive the money from the security company where the money was deposited and the person will help me to invest the money in his or her country. My father finally died on 29th of September and since then I was out of school and went into hiding because of my father's associates.
All the relevant documents of the $15. 500(million dollars only).that was deposited in a security company are intact with me now.

My name is elizabath ehouman, I am 23yrs old and a student. Please I would require your urgent assistance so that I can move out from here before they kill me as they are tracing my hide out. I agreed to give you 20% of this money ,if you can help me bring out this fund from the security company to your country for onward investment in your country.

Please contact me immediately with my E-mail address and include your full contacts to enble me submit it to the security company. Please be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free.
I'm waiting for your urgent reply .

Best regards,
elizabath.



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