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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: tage lynda <tegalin49@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <tegalynda@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 17:49:51 +0000
Subject: FROM MISS LYNDA TEGA



FROM MISS LYNDA TEGAADDRESS:05 BP 35612 ABIDJAN 05 AVENUE 21 RUE 13 BARREE ZONE 4 ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST WEST AFRICA Dear, Greeting's, During the heat of the civil war in my country -Cote D'Ivoire , Many top government officials and senior army officers were selected and assassinated including my father who was a key target because of his very sensitive military position and appointment in my country. Regreatably, my father late Army General Wilfred Tega was then captured and murdered along with his half brother in cold-blood during a mid-night rebel shoot-out when our official residence in Abidjan was ambushed by the notorious rebel leader. My name is Miss Lynda Tega the only surviving Daughter" of the above named Late General Wilfred Tega a former military chieftain and then acting General co-ordinator of the Cote D'Ivoire Cocoa cooperation. I am contacting you to seek your kind assistance to transfer and invest US$3.5 million belonging to my late father which he deposited in a Bank here in Abidjan. This money is Revenues from solid minerals and Cocoa sales which were made during my father's Tenure immediately before the out-break of hostilities in my country. Now I am alone as an orphan in country without parents, relatives or any body to care for me at this tender age. If you are willing to assist me, please let me know immediately so that you will arrange the transfer of the money to your account with the security company,I am interested in any profitable commercial venture which you consider very good in your country and you would also get a school for me, so that i can finish my education. Please there is urgent need for the money to be transferred to your account because of the political crises they are having in Cote d'Ivoire now,I am hoping to hear your urgent response Thank you and may God bless you . Yours sincerely MISS LYNDA TEGA
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