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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:
  • "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 next of kin 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.
  • floral_jm03@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Floral Jimmy <floral_jm015@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: floral_jm03@yahoo.com.au
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 02:55:16 +1000 (EST)
Subject: FROM FLORAL BRIGHT.



Dear Respected one,
May the joy and peace of the lord be with you as you are reading this business proposal.

I am miss Floral Bright, from lemba tribe in zimbabawe.I'm 22 years old, the only daughter late Mr & Mrs Johnson Bright. My late father was an architect, he was also a well known bulding contractor here in this Country Cote d'ivoire, while my late mother was a nursing mildwife when they were alive.

My parents died 8th November 2007, on a serious motor accident. Before my late father gave up to a ghost in one of the big hospital here in Cote D'ivore, he called me on his bedside and told me that he deposited the sum of US$ 15.8 million Dollars, in one of the big Bank here in this Country Cote d'ivoire of which my name was used as the next of kin.

This very fund is still in this very Bank, But due to my present condition now as anorphan,because am facing a critical standard of linving, i have decided to invest the fund outside this Country because i am a foriegner here.

Please, i am asking for your kind assistance to help me the fund US$ 15.8 million dollars into your account there in your Country so that i will relocate there to start a new life there as you help me to invest the fund in an investment such as :

1) a very big poutry and machanised farming.
2) a very big manufacturing company of any productd that sell in your Country.

I am willing to offer you a good 15% of the total fund, after the Bank has successfully transfered the fund into your account there in your Country.

Reply me urgently to this my private email address : floral_jm03@yahoo.com.au
if you are interested to assisting me transfer the fund, so that I will give you the full contact information of the Bank in my next mail to you.

God bless you.
Yours sincerely,
Floral Bright.






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