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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:
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "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: <em33nzi@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: emma35nzi@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 04:20:15 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Re: EMMANUEL & JESSICA NZI. ( urgently assist us )

Investment in your country
Dear Sir,

I am writting this letter with due respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or met ourselves previously. I am asking for your assistance. I am Emmanuel Nzi (22Years old) and my sister Jessica Nzi (20Years old). We are only children of late Chief Joseph Nzi, who was a rich, famous
and wealthy cocoa merchant and Gold dealer based in abidjan ,The economic capital of Ivory Coast. We prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to its esteeming nature and the recommendations given to us as a reputable and trust worthy person we can do business with and by the
recommendation,

We must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business. We are seeking your urgent attention to help us transfer the sum($10,500,000.00 USD)Ten million five hundred thousand United State American dollars into your account for an investment purposes,Such as real estates and
stock markerts business.,This money was deposited in Fixed / Suspence account with our names in the bank as next of kins before the sudden death of our father.

We want you to help us invest this money in your country and help us to locate a nice school to continue our education in your country. I and my sister are willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your urgent assistance to us immediately after the transfer of the fund into
your account in your Country.

Yours sincerely,
Emmanuel & Jessica Nzi.



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