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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:
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • mariam_ibraheem4@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mariam ibraheem <mariam_ibraheem4@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:53:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I need help


Dear anticipated partner/love,
I see great honesty and sincerity in you, I will want to be in a relationship with you,.
I am a sincere and honest lady,,
I am Mariam Ibraheem; a fresh medical graduate, a lady of 28 years,
I am the daugther of late Mr.Abdulahi Ibraheem,, a former exporter of palm oils, from Ivory coast.
My late father was killed by some business colleaques that envied his success in business, my late father died and do left behind for the sum of ( 19.4 million Euro) which he deposited in a concealed trunk box with a security company, my late father disguised the fund and merely declared the money as African art work, meant for exports abroad,, he told the security company, that the box , contains African art work , which is meant for his business partner in overseas.
Truthfully, the security company is not aware of the content of the trunk box, which trully contains my late father's business reserves capital( 19.4 million Euro.)
I will please want you to help me, to act as my late father's business partner in oversea, so that the box, can be shipped to you.
I will offer you 25% of the fund as your commission for helping me and i will further invest the remaining 75% of the fund with you as partners.
This is a sincere and honest transaction,,it is 100% risk free and highly legalised.
I will please need your help, I will reward you greatly, please get in touch with me through my email = mariam_ibraheem4@yahoo.com
Thanks for your coperation.
Yours new partner,
Mariam Ibraheem.

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