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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Lainey Dume" <lainneydume@latinmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:42:12 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: From: Miss Lainney Dume.


FROM: MISS LAINNEY DUME.

DEAREST ONE. =20
MY NAME IS LAINNEY DUME, I AM 20 YEARS OLD, THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF LATE M=
R AND MRS. LUKE DUME, FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. MY FATHER BEFO=
RE HIS DEATH HE WAS A PROSPEROUS GOLD MERCHANT BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY DEA=
TH, ON HIS BUSINESS TRIP TO ABIDJAN -COTE D'IVOIRE. WHILE MY MOTHER DIE=
D WHEN I WAS 5 YEARS OLD.
=20
BEFORE HIS DEATH ON 12TH NOVEMBER 2006 HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAS THE SUM O=
F FIVE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS (USD$5,000.000.00), THAT HE DEPOSIT=
ED THE MONEY WITH ONE OF THE SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN COTE D'IVOIRE FOR=
SAFE KEEPING. HE ARRANGED THE MONEY INTO A BOX AND DEPOSITED IT TO THE=
SECURITY COMPANY AS FAMILY VALIABLE, WHICH THE SECURITY COMPANY GAVE H=
IM DOCUMENTS THAT COVERED THE BOX DURING THE TIME OF DEPOSIT. THE SECUR=
ITY COMPANY DID NOT KNOW CONTENT OF THE BOX AND I WILL NEVER LET THEM K=
NOW. BECAUSE HE DECLEARED THE BOX AS FAMILY VALUABLE TO THE SECURITY CO=
MPANY. MY LATE FATHER WANTED TO USE THESE MONEY FOR INVESTMENT IN COTE =
D'IVOIRE. =20

AFTER THE BURIAL OF MY LATE FATHER I CAME DOWN TO ABIDJAN COTE D'IVIORE=
, TO RETRIEVE THE BOX MY LATE FATHER KEPT IN THE SECURITY COMPANY IN MY=
NAME AS THE NEXT OF KIN. I HAVE ALREADY TALK WITH ONE OF THE DIRECTOR=
'S OF THE SECURITY COMPANY THAT I WANT TO RETRIEVE THE BOX WHICH MY LAT=
E FATHER DEPOSITED UNDER THEIR CUSTODY, BUT HE TOLD ME THAT I'M TOO YOU=
NG TO HANDLE THE BOX ALONE.

SINCE THEN, I HAVE NOT SEE ANY GOOD PERSON THAT WILL HELP ME RETRIEVE T=
HE MONEY FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY BECAUSE I'M AFRAID OF PEOPLE I'M SEE=
ING IN THIS PLACE.
=20
THE ONLY OPTION I HAVE IS TO RETRIEVE THE MONEY OUT FROM THE SECURITY =
COMPANY, SO THAT I WILL LEAVE THE COUNTRY. THAT IS THE REASON WHY I'M C=
ONTACTING YOU TO HELP ME RETRIEVE THE MONEY FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY S=
O THAT I WILL COME TO YOUR COUNTRY AND CONTINUE MY EDUCATION THERE. THE=
DEATH OF MY FATHER HAS BROUGHT SORROW TO MY LIFE, AS I'M WRITING TO YO=
U NOW I'M WRITING WITH TEARS AND PAINS.=20

ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT COVERED THE BOX IN THE SECURITY COMPANY IS WITH =
ME HERE. I AM IN A SINCERE DESIRE OF YOUR HUMBLE ASSISTANCE IN THIS PRO=
JECT PLEASE, I WILL LIKE YOU TO HELP ME RETRIEVE THESE MONEY FROM THE S=
ECURITY COMPANY SO THAT I WILL BE OUT FROM THIS AGONEY THE DEATH OF MY =
FATHER HAVE CAUSED ME INTO.
=20
NOW PERMIT ME TO ASK THESE FEW QUESTIONS:
1. CAN YOU HONESTLY HELP ME.
2. CAN I COMPLETELY TRUST YOU?=20
3. WHAT PERCENTAGE WILL YOU TAKE AFTER YOU HELPED ME RETRIEVE THE BOX F=
ROM THE SECURITY COMPANY?=20
=20
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU.
=20
BEST REGARDS,
MISS. LAINNEY DUME.

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