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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:
  • "the consignment" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: Peter <pvtemail199999993@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: pvtemail1999999993@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 00:20:36 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Please write back to us - Peter


Dear Madam,
My Name is Peter the eldest son of the late chief Sakodua, who was the then owner of Sakodua diamond corporation in my country (the war zone)Sierra Leon before he was killed. my father was a rich and traditional African who made a lot of money from the sales of diamonds, gold and crude oil. Before he died he deposited $11m with a safe company in Ghana and my name was used as the next of kin. He kept the money in a consignment box before he made the deposit and the content were registered as family valuables not cash, as not to raise an eye brow on him. On the 22 day of nov,2004 he was on his way back from offshore when he was attacked with his men by some pirate who took all they had, and trying to fight back he was shot and one of his men who was half dead went away to the other side of the river who was later rescued by some good Samaritan fisher men who later came to tell us what had happened to them all.
Before the death of my late father, me and my little sister had already flew our country to Abidjan because of the war, and after the death of my mother and brother, my late father lawyer brought to us some vital documents stating my father kept a consignment box worth of $11million with a company in Ghana Africa. immediately, we rush to the company in Ghana for the claim of our inheritance, and we were told to provide other document proving to them that i am the next of kin and death certificate of my father which we did provide, but the company said they cant give to us the consignment box because my late father had already registered the box unexpress transfer to leave Africa before he died.i am of 23 years of age and my sister is 21, we do need your help to stand as a foreign partner from outside of afirca and allow company to release our consignment box, then me and my sister can use to have a new life some where else as we plan to leave ghana also because life here
is very difficult for us.Please we will happy if you write to us email please and help us in our problem and we can also show you the document so you see it, bye and God bless you.
Thanks
Peter and Tracy


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