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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • musamarimm@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <missmusa55@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:15:38 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Mariam

Dear
I am Miss Mariam Musa the only daughter of late Alhaji Mohd Musa.My father and mother were very wealthy farmers and cocoa merchant when they were both alive After the death of my father, long ago, my mother was controlling his business until she was poisoned by her business associates which she
suffered and died. Before the death of my mother on October 2007 in a private hospital here in Abidjan where she was admitted, she secretly called me on her bed side and disclosed to me about the sum of four million five hundred thousand. USD ($4.5million) she left in suspense account in one of
the bank here in Abidjan, it was the money she intended to transfer oversea for investment before she was stroked down by the poisoned. She also instructed me that I should seek for a foreign partner in any country of my choice who will assist me transfer this money in oversea account where the
money will be save and invested wisely. Because of the current political problem here in Ivory Coast I decided to transfer the money to abroad where it will be save and invested. therefore, I am crying and seeking for your kind assistance in the following ways:
(1)To contact the bank were the money was deposited and open a new bank account where the money will be transferred for investment .
(2)To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am a girl of 19 years old.
(3)To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and secure a resident permit for me in your country.
As soon as I receive your urgent reply indicating your interest to assist me to successful transfer the money into your yet nominated account , please try and send mails on my private mail box for confidential reasons email address musamarimm@yahoo.fr musamarimm@yahoo.fr
Yours lovely,
Miss Mariam Musa.



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