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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. )
  • "trunk box" (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.
  • sussansilver13@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Susan Silver <sussansilver13@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:34:15 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: DEAREST.


Dearest ,

l know this mail will come as a surprise to you. however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honor against your will. Your profile pushed me to send you this mail, I am Miss Susan Silver, I am from Cote D'Ivoire ( Ivory Coast) I am 20years old and the only daughter of my late parents Mr. Emmanuel Silver. My father was a highly reputable farmer (a cocoa merchant) in cote d' ivories during his days.

It is sad to say that he was poisoned and passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad on 12th. May 2007.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by my uncle who traveled with him at that
time. But God knows the truth! My mother died when I was just 4 years old, and since then my father took me so special.

Before he made the trip to France that lead to my misfortune (his death) He called me and explained to me the reason why he will make this trip and also told me that he deposited a trunk box that contain $6, 500.000 ( Six million Five hundred thousand usdollars) in a Security company here in Abidjan Ivory Coast and that this money is for an investment purpose overseas.

Now l need your assistance to move this fund to your country for investment as that has been my late father's aim before his death. Now permit me to ask you these few questions:

Can you honestly help me receive the said fund,
what will you like to take as your percentage for assisting me in this project?
Are you ready to help me to pay any charges that might involve during the processing of the fund and deliverance of the fund to your country? If this proposal arouse your
interest kindly contact me back with my email address ( sussansilver13@yahoo.fr )


Thanks and God bless you.
Your Sincerely one.
Miss Susan Silver.

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