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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)
  • "monrovia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned 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: SANDRA WILLIAMS <spw_will21@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <sanmatinwilliams@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:49:44 +0000
Subject: WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE



FROM Miss Sandra Williams,Cote d' Ivoire (Abidjan)West African.
Dearest one,
I do not mean to embarrass you by this proposal, but to know if we can have confident in you for our safety and also to seek your utmost assistance and it is my pleasure to write you Based on the information and recommendation I got about quick growth of investment in your country. I am PETER WILLIAMS and my sister is SANDRA WILLIAMS we are the children of CHIEF MARTIN WILLIAMS from MONROVIA THE CAPITAL OF LIBERIA IN WEST AFRICA. We are writing you from Rep of Cote 'Ivoire where we have been taking refuge after the brutal war and murder of our parents by the rebels during the renewed fighting in our country.
Because of the war our late Father sold his shipping company and took us to a nearby country Cote d'Ivoire to make a deposit in a Bank in Abidjan which contains the sum of $11million USD, Due to the current political situation in Ivory Coast we are seeking for your assistance to transfer this money and also relocate us to your country to further our studies. Now permit us to ask these few questions: -1. Can you honestly help us?2. Can we completely trust you?3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for youafter the money is in your account? I wait anxiously to hear for you so that we will discuss the modalities of this transaction and please treat this matter with confidential because of the safety of our life and the money. Our number is +22506722428 Thanks and God bless.Best regards. SANDRA & PETER…
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