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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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. )
  • "hundred thousand united states 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 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.
  • vitomas1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: WEMBER VINCENT <vincentwember10@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <vitomas1@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:29:01 -0400
Subject: Help me



Dearest one,
As I was about searching for a trust worthy person .I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business in which my whole life depends on.

I am Vincent the only child and of late chief and mrs Ruben jako Wember .my father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant based in Abidjan, the economic capital of ivory coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings to discuss on a business deal he never knew he was the plan to be killed only because he refused joining the sponsor of the war. My mother died on the 21st October 1988, my father took me so special because I am motherless and the only child. Before the death of my father in a private hospital here in Abidjan. he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he had a sum of us$16,600,000 (sixteen million six hundred thousand united states dollars) he stocked it in a consignment box and deposited into a security company here in Abidjan, that he used my name as the only son in depositing the box with the security company and told them that I will present to the security company the foreign partner and beneficiary who will claim the boxes.

he also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreigner in any of the overseas country of my choice where ,and that I should make sure that I trust the person that he / she will not cheat me or kill me later on before I can disclose to him where the contact of the security company .he said that the content of the box must be a confidential between I and the person because that nobody even noon of the security company workers knows that the content of the box are money. He said that he declared the contents of the box as family valuables such as gold dusts.

1) I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways and I am assuring you that this transaction is legal and 100% risk free hence you listen to my words and be sure that you are willing to help me from the bottom of your heart 2) to serve as my guardian and you will be presented as late fathers foreign business partner. Since I am a boy of 21 years old 3) to make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a residential permit for me in your country. moreover, I am willing to offer you appreciative sum from the total money as compensation for your immediate assistance after you help me clear out the box from the security company furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me, as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within seven (7) working days .if you have interest to assist me please endeavour to furnish me with your telephone and fax number so that I will forward them to the security company office as my late fathers foreign business partner who he deposited the metallic box on his behalf.
Thanks and god bless, hoping to hear from you.In god we trust.
Yours sincerely,Vincent jako wember.
Nb: please reply me through this my private e mail ( vitomas1@yahoo.com ) for security reason.

Thanks
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