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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:
  • "contact me immediately" (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.
  • agbajoy2004@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Agba Joy <agbajoy2001@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:22:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: waiting to hear from you




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YAHOO.Shortcuts.document_author =3D "agbajoy2004@yahoo.com";
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agba joy Bill And Exchange Manager =
Foreign Remittance Dept Attention: Sir\/Madam, =
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=A0agba joy
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=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Bill And Exchange Manager
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=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Foreign Remittance Dept
=A0=20
Attention: Sir/Madam,
=A0
I sourced your email from a human resource profile database in the chamber.=
=A0I=A0am by name=A0=A0madam agba joy=A0an account officer to late Mr. Morr=
is Thompson from America who is a gold merchant Agent here in Abidjan,Ivory=
Coast, a well known Philanthropist before he died. He made a Will stating =
that $15.5M(Fifteen million, five hundred thousand U.S. dollars) should be =
given to an citizen of our choice overseas.
=A0
I have made a random draw and your e-mail address was picked as the benefic=
iary to this Wheel. I am particularly interested in securing this money fro=
m the Bank because they have issued a notice instructing me been the accoun=
t officer to produce the beneficiary of this before end of this 2008 else t=
he money will be credited to the Government treasury as by =A0law here in I=
vory coast.
It is my utmost desire to execute the Wheel of my late client Mr. Morris Th=
ompson since he is no more alive, both wife Thelma Thompson, and daughter S=
heryl Thompson.
Please for more details concerning him and how he died, you can visit this =
website:
www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
=A0
So due to this reason, I have decided to seek some one that will stand as b=
eneficiary to this very fund so that at the end of this transaction, each o=
f us will have 50% each from the total amount=A0as=A0shearing the exspences=
that may be involve in this transaction if any in the ratio of=A0 50 % eac=
h.
=A0
If you are interested, you are required to contact me immediately to start =
the documentation process with the help of a legal practitioner.
I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing in mind th=
at the Bank has given us a date limit, Please act fast.
=A0
NOTE: This is not=A0a risk free business.
=A0
I wait your urgent response.
=A0
mrs agba joy
Bill And Exchange Manager
Foreign Remittance Dept=0A=0A=0A

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