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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:
  • "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. )
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  • nansyvandy2008@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Nancy Solomon Vandy <nancysolomonvandy7171@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:28:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From: Nancy Solomon Vandy


Lot 05,Rue 21 Abobo
Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire
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Dear,

I humbly solicit for your help, it is true that we have never met but i sincerely apologise for contacting you this way but in the circumstances that iam now i have no other choice, i plead with you to bear with me.

However, permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you.Iam Mrs Nancy Solomon Vandy, the wife of late Mr Solomon Vandy a common fisherman who happened to get in contact with a south African mercenary called Danny Archer.In their quest to recover a rare pink diamond my late husband beat him to it, sold the diamond and hide the proceeds beyond the reach of the mercenary.

My husband revealed to me where he hid the money he made from the sale of the diamond ( $15,000.000).before his death, he gave me the secret deposit code.

He deposited the money with a security company in Abidjan Cote D’Ivoire,in a metallic box and declared the box as containing family valuables.After my husbands death i ran to Abidjan with nothing because the gang of Danny Archer was turning the whole place upside down searching for me.

Right now iam living the life of a refugee here in Abidjan COTE d’IVOIRE.So iam seeking your assistance to help me retreive the box from the security company.

Here are the reasons while iam seeking your help.

1.My late husband in deposit of the box coded it in such a way that it can never be traced to him. (a) He used the word FOREIGN PARTNER as the BENEFICIARY to the box.

2.He declared the content of the box as family valuables, because he did not want to declare the box as containing money.

So i want you to stand as my foreign partner so that you will help me retreive the box. I will offer you 20% of the total money at the end of thec transcation.

Finally i will want you to give me 1. Your full names 2.Contact address 3. Occupation and telephone number to show you the agreement to help me.

Waiting for your urgent response and please contact in my very secured email address for further details:nansyvandy2008@yahoo.it


Thanks and God Bless.

Mrs Nancy Solomon Vandy


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