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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. )
  • "million 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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • misscilla@sltp.zzn.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms Cilla Amalric." <miss.amalric_cilla@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: misscilla@sltp.zzn.com
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:25:31 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Investment Proposal.


Investment Proposal.
From: Miss Cilla Amalric.

Attn; Dearest One.

I am sending you this proposal with deep concerned as to beg for help out of my situation. I am Miss Cilla Amalric, Daughter to the personnal assistant to the late former president of cote d! Ivoire Robert Guie, my father captain IDRIS AMALRIC, was shot dead including the former president Robert Guie and some members of his family, in a coup attempt to overthrow the new president during his official visit to Italy.



Hearing the news of my fathers dead lately in the night by his driver, i ran to his bedroom and carried away some important belongings and move to the interior village for hiding. I later discovered that the former late president assigned (10.5Million Dollars) to my late father for the purchasing of Ammunitions.

But unfortunatly my father was killed before he could carry out this assignment Now; this $10.5Million Dollars is saftly Deposited under a security company by my father through the depositing documents i discovered in his bed room from the important belongings i carried away,as families valuable items. he never told them that the contains are money.but registered as families valuable items.

Please i am contacting you as to assist me clear this money from this security company and be transfered to your account for investment. so that i can continue with my studies. We can discuss your commission as soon as i hear from you.


Contact me through this my private email: misscilla@sltp.zzn.com
Thanks,
Sincerely,
Miss Cilla Amalric.


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