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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:
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "mike williams" <mikewilliams01@gala.net>
Reply-To: m5_will@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:15:57 +0000
Subject: FROM MIKE WILLIAMS


FROM MIKE WILLIAMS
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Tel: 22507408348


Dear Respectful,

Permit me to inform you of my willing desire of going into personal and
business relationship with you and honestly I must not hesitate to confide
in you for this sincere and sympathetic life story of mine. I am mike
Williams the only son of late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel williams. My father was a
very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory
coast,my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of
their outings on a business trip .My mother died when I was a baby and since
then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on November
2007 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed
side and told me that he has the sum of Ten million ,five hundred thousand
United State Dollars.USD($10.500,000) left in
fixed / suspense account in one of the prime bank based in (EUROPE),that he
used my name as his only son for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was
poisoned by his business associates. That I should seek for a 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 or hotel
management. Now, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following
ways:

(1) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to.
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 22 years.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to you country to further my
education and to secure a resident permit in your country. Moreover, I am
willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your
effort/input after the
successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas.
Thank you for your signify interest to assist me. Anticipating to hear from
you soon.
Thanks and God bless.

Best regards
mike Williams.

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