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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:
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "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.
  • joshua.dorisabbey@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: joshua abbey <joshuadoris_abbey@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <joshua.dorisabbey@hotmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 01:06:18 +0000
Subject: HELLO:MY NAME IS JOSHUA ABBEY.



Dear,

It is indeed my pleasure to write you this letter, which Me and my sister believe willbe surprise to you as we have never met before, and I am deeply sorry if I have in any manner disturbed your privacy. Please forgive this unusual manner of contacting you, but this particular letter is of exceptional and very private nature.I got your contact from the world trade center (WTC) Regional office in Abidjan,Cote D'Ivoire.

I am Joshua Abbey and my sister name is Doris Abbey,the only children of late Dr and mrs. Amos Abbey. Our father was a very wealthy Gold/Diamond dealer in Freetown, the economic capital of Sierra Leone. our father was poisoned to death by his close business associates on one of his outings on a business trip.our mother died years ago, precisely during the child deliverly birth of doris my kid sister.Our late father was also playing the role of a mother to us too before his tragic death.AND NOW, WE ARE LEFT ALONE IN THIS EVIL WORLD. Before the death of our father in a private hospital in Freetown,he secretly called me by his hospital bed side and told me of a deposit of $12,500,000,00 united state dollars (TWELVE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS)he concealed in a metallic box and deposited with a finance security company in Abidjan,the economic capital of cote d'Ivoire. Me and my sister has arrived Abidjan,Republic of Cote D'Ivoire,Me and Doris have gone to the Security Company and confirm the existence of the $5million in the Security Company but the Security Company refused to release the box direct to me and doris because of the written and signed agreement they had with our late father on the day he deposited the box with them.

This is because our late father signed with them that the box belong to his foreign partner who is the beneficiary of the deposited box and who will also instruct for the immediate release of the box.But good a thing that our late father did not introduce his foreign partner to the security company officials before his tragic death.This situation has made the security company officials to request from me (Joshua) as i happens to be the 'NEXT OF KIN' to present our late father's foreign partner,before the money will be release.This is the reason why me and doris my sister contacted you. Dear, I honourably seek your assistance to hurry up and come down here in abidjan so that me and doris will take you to the finance security company where our father deposited the money so that we can introduce you and you will help us clear the money and we will go together to a nearby bank and open a new account in your name and transfer the money immediately from the bank to your bank account in your country and together me and doris will enter plane with you and go back to your country with you so that we can continue our education over there and you will help us invest the money in your country.Me and doris has agreed to compensate you with 10% of the money. Thank you as we are expecting your reply immediately you receive this email.

NOTE: This is our family email address: joshua.dorisabbey@hotmail.fr Yours Faithfully,Joshua and Doris.
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