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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:
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "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: Julius Onwu <juliusonwu7@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <julius_onwu123@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 23:38:21 +0000
Subject: FROM:Julius And Onwu Ugo



FROM:Julius And Onwu Ugo

Dearest One , Permit us to inform you of our desire of asking you to be a guardian or foster parent to us and then help us out in what we are about to tell you. I'm onwu Ugo(19) my Brother julius Ugo (16). We are the children of Late Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Ugo (Orphans). Our father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant here in Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote D'Ivoire. He was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip. Our mother died when we where babies. Before the death of our father on Sept. 2006 and before his death he secretly called us by his sick bed and told us that he has the sum of ten million five hundred thousand United State Dollars USD ($10.5m) deposited in a suspense account in a banks here in Abidjan.We now want to transfer it out and use it for investment purpose in your country Because of this we are honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways: (1) To serve as a guardian to us and then assist us transfer the money into your bank account. (2) To make arrangement for us to come over to your country to further our education and then settle there parmanently. We shall offer you 50% of the total money for assisting us on the transfer of the money to your account. Thanks and God bless you .Best regards, onwu& julius Ugo
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