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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. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a next of kin 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.
  • sa_2007dede@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <salimadede35@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:13:32 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Cry For Help.

For Help.Hello Dear,
I am writing you this mail only to seek for your assistance in good faith. After reading my mail i will want you to bear with my request and be of good assistance to me, because bad people in this world has made us not to trust the good once again. Before anything i will want you to put all your
trust in God, with his holy and merciful name all things are possible.
Well, i am Sister Salima Dede 23 years old girl, the only daughter of My Late Father Dr. Raymond Dede, for your information, I am now in a refugee camp here in Abidjan-Cote D棚voire, for the transferring of our Money to your country. Be informed that my father and mother died 5 mouths ago
in a car accident, when they where coming back from Church. Before my Late Father
died, he called me personally that he made a deposit of (US$2,800,000.) TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED UNITED STATE DOLLARS. In a Security Company here in Abidjan-Cote D棚voire.
In addition, all i needed is a God fearing person that will assist me to transfer the money to his account, because i am too small to receive the money myself, and the law of this country does not allow anybody in refugee camp to open an account. So that is why i needed your assistance as i am the
next of kin to the money. And after you receive the money in your country all i will need from you is stated below :
1) A LETTER OF INVITATION THAT WILL ENABLE ME TO
OBTAIN MY VISA TO YOUR COUNTRY.
2) FOR YOU TO ASSIST ME TO FURTHER MY EDUCATION IN
YOUR COUNTRY.
3) TO ASSIST ME AND INVEST THE MONEY IN A GOOD
BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY
4) WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL MONEY WILL BE OK FOR
YOU ?.
As soon as i read from you, i will give you all the vital documents that covers the Money in the Security Company, and write a letter of authauthorisation on your behalf that will authorise you as my partner to make claims of the Money on my behalf.
And if you are willing to assist me try and write me through this email : sa_2007dede@yahoo.com
for further details.
Thanks and God bless.
Yours.
Sister Salima Dede.






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