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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:
  • "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. )
  • "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)
  • "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: ali musa <alimusa102@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <aalimusa100@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:02:42 +0000
Subject: FROM Master Ali Musa



FROM Master Ali Musa WEST AFRICA ABIDJAN
DEAREST
WITH DUE RESPECT AND HUMILITY I WRITE YOU THIS LETTER WHICH I BELIEVE WOULD BE OF GREAT INTEREST TO YOU.I AM MASTER ALI MUSA, THE SON OF LATE DR. DONALD MUSA,OF THE BLESSED MEMORY PRIOR TO MY FATHER ASSASSINATION BY THE REBEL FORCES LOYAL TO MAJOR JOHN PAUL KOROMA,HE WAS THE DIRECTOR GENERA OF SIERRA LEONE GOLD AND DIAMOND MINING CORPORATION. TWO DAYS BEFORE MY FATHER WAS ASSASSINATED, HE INSTRUCTED ME AND MY SISTER TO MOVE OUT OF SIERRA LEONE IMMEDIATELY, BEFORE THE POWERFUL ECONOMIC COMMNITY OF WESTAFRICAN STATES(ECOMOG)FORCEES INTERVENTED WHICH EVENTUALLY RESULTED INTO A BRUTAL CIVIL WAR. WE MANNAGED TO ESCAPE TO ABIDJAN,REPUBLIC OF COTE DÑIVOIRE THROUGH THE HELP OF MY FATHERÑS FRIEND WHO IS A TRAVLER .WE CAME INTO ABI PEACEFULY AND GOD LEADTH US WE ARRIVED,WHICH ALL THESE TIME THESE PROBLEMS WAS PASSING TROUGH OUR LIFE MY FATHER ISSUSED SOME DOCUMENTS TO US THAT HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF (US$9.3 MILLION ) (NENI THREE HUNDRED THAUSAND UNITED STATED DOLLARS) IN ONE METALIC TRUNK BOX .HE DEPOSITED THIS MONEY WITH A SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN ABIDJAN COTE D IVOIRE,HE TOLD US THAT HE DID NO MADE THE COMPANY KNOW THE REAL CONTENT OF THE TRUNK BOX. HE MADE IT CLEAR TO US THAT WE SHOULD LOOK FOR SOMEONE ABROAD THAT WILL ASSIST US IN GETTING THE TRUNK BOX OUT OF AFRICA, WE WANT TO LEAVE COTE DÑIVOIRE ENTIRLY WITH THIS MONEY BECAUSE OF THE PRESENT SITUATION AND MOSTLY FOR OURFURTURE. I WANT YOU TO PLEASE ASSIST US TO CLAIM THE TRUNK BOX,YOU SHOULD SUPPLY YOUR INFORMATIONS WHERE THIS MONEY WILL BE SECURED TILL WE COME OVER.YOU SHOULD ALSO SOURCE FOR GOOD INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY SO THAT WE CAN INVEST WISELY. WE HAVE IT IN MIND TO REWARD YOU. WE ARE PREPARED TO GIVE YOU 10% OF THE TOTAL SUM,IF IT WILL BE EASY FOR YOU TO COME DOWN HERE IN ABIDJAN AND CLAIM THE TRUNK BOX OUT FROM THE SECURE SECURITY COMPANY I WILL BE SO MUC HAPPY AND YOU WILL CARRY
THE MONEY OUT IMMDIATELY TO YOUR DESTINATION.
THANKS YOURS SINCERELYMASTER ALI MUSA and MISS LILIAN MUSA.
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