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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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: goodnes okunbor <goodnesokunbor03@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <goodnesokunbor01@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 00:41:17 +0000
Subject: Dearest One,




Dearest One,
I am Goodnes Okunbor, i am the only duaghter of late Mr and Mrs Ola Okunbor. My late father was a cocoa merchant and he based in Abidjan the economic capital of Ivory Coast before ha was poisoned to death by is business associate on one of their outing to discuss a business.

Bafore the death of my father in a private huspital here in Abidjan, he secrtly called me on his bedside and told me about the sum of 10.7 million he had in a local security company costudy kept in a metalic box here in Abidjan, he explained to me that he used my name as the next of kin to made the deposite of the box.

He also explained to me that it was because of his wealth that his business associate poisoned him and that i should look for partner over sea who will help me transfer the money so that i can invest there in his / her country and also to avoid the greed of the people that poisoned him.

Dearest One, i am seriously seeking for you help in the following ways.

1. To clear and transfer the box from the security company and also out of Africa.

2. To be the guadian to the fund and investment since and just a girl of 20 years and dont have expirence in the business world.

Moreover, i am going to give you 15% of the total mount involved as your compension as soon as the fund is transfer to your country.

I am waiting anxiously to hear from you.
Yours sincerely.
Miss Goodnes
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