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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:
  • "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)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • sandra5grante@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Sandra Grant <ssssg508@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <sandra5grante@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 02:21:56 -0600
Subject: Please kindly reply back to us



Hello Dear, We are very sorry if we have bothered you by our email. I am Sandra Grant and my brother‘s name is Smith Grant .I was 18 Years old, when we lost our father 3 years ago,his from Freetown,Republic of Serra Leone.Our father‘s name is Grant Johnson who was very wealthy dealing in Agricultural products and gold from serra leone to Egypt and Ivory Coast.
He has succeeded in saving $ 15 million dollars during his Business on Agricultural products and Gold, before he went on a trip to Republic of Cote D‘Ivoire West Africa were he was hit by bomb during france and cote d ivoire crises in the year 2004. Since the death of our father our step mother has been trying to kill us, she has been given us a lot of problem and she has collected every dam thing from us and now she still need she still need the deposit certificate to claim this Fund,which our father deposited with a financial firm in Abidjan the capital city of Cote‘D‘Ivoire but I can‘t give it to her because is all we have to leave with.
I am 21 years now while my little brother is 19 years of age we still need to go school and have a better education in life. Our step mother knows that our dad has such Fund but she doesn't know where exactly the Fund is been deposited. Right now we are hiding in a refugee camp in Ivory Coast. Our father used my name "Sandra Grant" as the next of kin to the deposited money and we ran away with the deposit document, so nobody have access to the money now except me and my brother. We need help from you, to help us retrieve this Fund from the Financial Firm and also help us to invest it in your country and you will be sincere to invite us to your country. We are inclined to offer you 10% of the total sum as a mode of compensation for your effort after the successful retrieval of these fund to your nominated account overseas. Please kindly reply back to us via sandra5grante@yahoo.com. Best regards, Sandra Grant.
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