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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Annarita Mislah <annarita_04mislah@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 12:49:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: hi


Dearest,one
Greeting to you in the name of our heavenly Father Jesus Christ..

Hope this mail will find you in good health and lot of cheers.God's love is never failed.

I believe that his love is not only talkable, but real reacting and happening at the right time..My name is Annarita Mislah the only duagther of late Mr and Mrs Santos Mislah .

My father was Cote d' Ivoire Cotton Suppliers and Exporters based in Abidjan and im a christian gal in this beautiful country of Cote d'Ivoire....Im brought up Motherless but im thankful that I have my Father with me all along till...the death of my father on 20th Febuary 2006 in a private hospital here in Abidjan.

He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of $ 12.500.000 (Twelve Million, five hundred thousand dollars) left in a suspence account in one of the local bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as his first duagther for the next of kin in deposit of the fund.now.....I can say that God is good in everyway and in everytime.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from the deal they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, (such as real estate management).

I count myself lucky enough to came to know christ when im 16 years of age and also receive him as my personal saviour and also a best companion of all time...and now im 18 years of age and I can say how fortunate i am to be in christ presence everytime... can you be my friend,my guardian,my partner, for the time been.

Dearest, i am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.

1) To provide a Bank account where this money would be transferred to.

2) To serve as the guardian of this since I am a girl of 18 years.

Moreover dear, i am willing to offer you some % of the sum as compensation for effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your designate account overseas.

Hope to hear from you soon.


Yours sincerly,
Miss Annarita Mislah

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