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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:
  • "million us 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)
  • "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: giskwa15@seznam.cz
Reply-To: giskwa1@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:02:09 +0100 (CET)
Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?From=20Mrs=20Gisele=20kwafu?=

From Mrs Gisele kwafu
ADDR: 120 angre Abidjan
Ivory Coast Africa.

It's a pleasure meeting you today, how is everything with you, hope all is well with you. I am Mrs.Gisele kwafu. from Sierra Leone. I lost my husband during the rebel attack, my husband was a serving director of the Agro-exporting board until his untimely death.He was assassinated by the rebels during the political uprising, before his death he had deposited sum of US$6.Million ( Six Million US Dollars)he deposited in a bank here in Ivory Coast,

my husband made an agreement with the bank which is that the money should be transferred to a foreign partner account, so i am not able to withdraw any money from the account until it has been transferred to you.It is my desire to contact you on honesty and sincerity to assist me in transferring the sum which my son williams inherited from his father late Mr. KWafu. I am motivated in contacting you and hope to gradually build trust, relationship and confidence in you as i get to know you better.Please i will want you to understand my situation better,

for now to say it in the short form it has been a very bitter tale, from the death of my husband to the maltreatment i and my son have been receiving from my later husband relatives who have been envious of my husband because they were not well-to-do as my husband was, for that reason they are hostile towards us.

watting to hear from you soon
From Mrs Gisele

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