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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • w_suzan76@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Williams Alfarouk" <w_suzan76@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 02:00:57 +0200
Subject: From Suzan and williams Alfarouk/Appeal for Assistance.


*From Suzan and williams Alfarouk/Appeal for Assistance.
*
**
*Dearest One,
Greetings in the name of God. We are Suzan and williams Alfarouk from Sierra
Leone.We are writing you from Rep of Cote d'Ivoire where we Have been taking
refuge after the brutal war and Murder of our parents by the rebels during
the renewed Fighting in our country Sierra Leone. Because of the war our
late Father sold his shipping company and took us to a nearby country Cote
d'Ivoire where he deposited US$18, 300,000.00 Million(Eighteen Million Three
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in his foreign account with one of
the bank here in Cote 'Ivoire.We got your profile through internet business
directory and We have prayed before contacting you with the trust in God
that you will be of help to me and my Sister who is seriously sick now
coupled with the current political situation in Ivory Coast now,We are
seeking for your assistance to transfer this Money to your account for a
good investment Project in your country and also relocate to your country
with my younger sister Suzan to further our study.We are willing to offer
you 15% of the total sum for Your assistance.Please for your good
information this transaction Is 100% risk free and in no way connected with
any illegal transaction, Please Help us to get out of this terrible
situation and our Almighty God will bless you Please kindly call us
+22507083920 for more discussion or contact through our private email
address (w_suzan76@yahoo.com**) for more important details.*
*Thanks and God Bless and waiting for your urgent response as soon as
posible.
*
**
*Best Regards
Suzan and Williams Alfarouk. *

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