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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:
  • "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. )
  • "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)
  • "million united state 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "susan aliman" <sus_tour001@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 13:02:28 +0100
Subject: Message from Aliman Susan Toure


Message from Aliman Susan Toure
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST.
WEST AFRICA.

warm greetings to you and your family in the name of God.Iintroduce my self
to you in good faith,trust and hope that you will unerstand to assist me
without betraying me in the End. I am Aliman Susan Toure a female from
Kenya of 16years of age. when my Father and Mother died in the war that is
going on in my country now. in a gold mine in mende,Republic Of Kenya.

He was into legal gold minning,he has succeded in saving the sum of Ten
Million United State Dollars. And I am the only daughter of my parent.
However, I wish to inform you that my father was the commander of the Gold
mine in Mende Kingdom in Kenya and there was a controversial scandal going
into the Gold Sector of the Government whereby the government requested he
should over influence a contract to the sum of US$300,000,000.00 Million to
their personal benefits as top officials of the government. to the refusal
of my father to this proposal, they have to kill him to have their way for
their own selfish interest.

But before the death of my father, he told me that he deposit the sum of
US$10,000000 with a security company in two metallic boxes as consignments
but registered them as precious items and personal effects. He told me that
incase if anything happens to him that, in Republic Of Cote d ivoire west
africa near our counrty there he save this money for security reasons with
one security company there so as i am sending you this message i am now in
Cote d ivoire because i can not stay in my counrty agin because the war is
going higher every day that is why i am contcating you to help me.

My father told me that i should make sure I find a foreign partner that
will help me move the consignments out from the security company and invest
the funds. He also warned me not to associate with any of his friends down
here or members of the family for my own safety. I want you to know that he
gave me the Certificate of Deposit of the funds, Consignment Control Label
Number and Transfer Freight Manifest and I will supply you with these.

Documents once you agree to help me i am willing to offer you 25% of the
totel sum after the transfer of this consgnment to your country overseas
there and have 25% for all your efforts you will put in this
transfer.Hoping to hear from you so that I will inform you what to do next.

Yours truly,
Aliman Susan Toure

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