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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Rose Kietha" <rose11kietha@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:22:09 +0000
Subject: MAY OUR GOOD LORD BLESS YOU AMEN.




Dearest One in Christ=2C

May our good Lord bless your going out and coming in through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen=2E

Dear in Christ=2C I know you don't know me in person=2C of which bad people in this world has
made us not to trust the good once again=2C but as for me you really need to trust me=2C because am a God fearing person=2Call through my life i always like truth and honesty in anything am doing so let truth and honesty be our watch word in this transaction=2E

Before anything=2C let me tell you about myself=2E I am Miss Rose Kietha=2C the only duagther of Late Mr=2EChristopher Kietha=2E For your information=2C my father deposited the sum of $8=2C700=2C000 Dollars in a Bank here in Abidjan=2C and before he died he promised to buy a land for some churches and to donate 40% of the $8=2C700=2C000 to a church=2E Of which before my late father died=2C he called me personally and told me not to use the money alone=2C that i should donate the sum of 40% to a church=2C and buy a land where the church is going to build a home to help the poor and the sick=2E

So please after reading my mail=2C i will want you to get back to me with your full name and address So it will enable me to write a letter of nomination on your behalf for the Bank to transfer the $8=2C700=2C000 to your account=2C so it will enable me to come over to your country=2C and please i will really want you to help me further my education in your country=2E As i really wish to leave a christian life all through my life and serve our Lord Jesus Christ with all my mind=2E

Finally=2C may our good Lord bless you as i look forward to read from you=2E

Best Regards=2C

Miss Rose Kietha=2E

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