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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +221762890025 (Senegal, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • joelmicah42@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Favour Best <fbest555@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:23:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: MY DEAREST LOVE, THIS IS ALL ABOUT ME WITH LOVE AND TRUST.


Dearest love,

=A0I am glad to write given the opportunity now. Hope you are fine. Mine
is very tough over here in Dakar Senegal. I thank God for you. Your
message was a bit relief for me, May God protect you for me,



So my dearest love, i want to let you know that before i get contact
with you i fasted and pray for good three mounts before Almighty God
revile his child to me which is you, so that is the reason why i have
trust in you, and also i want to let you know that you're God send
someone to come and pull me out of this prison called refugee camp,
because is not where human being suppose stair or live in her life or
his life, even to eat ones in day is very difficult to me.



In this camp we are not=A0 allowed to go out from the camp=A0 any how,=A0
its=A0 just like one staying in the prison and I hope by Gods grace I and
with your help will come out here soon. We don't have any relatives now
whom we can go to all our relatives ran away in the middle of the war.

=A0

The only person we have now is=A0 Rev.Joel Micah=A0 who is the Reverend
Minister in charge of the church in this camp (CHRIST FOR GOD CHURCH)

=A0

He has been very nice to me since I came here but I am not living with
him rather I am living in the women's hostel because the camp have two
hostels one for men the other for women.

The Rev Email(Joelmicah42@yahoo.com)

And=A0 Tel number is=A0 (+221-762-89-00-25)=A0 Feel free to call me through
his number. If=A0 you call and tell him that you want to speak with me he
will send for me in the hostel.

=A0

As a refugee here I don't have any right or privilege to any thing be
it money or what ever because it is against the law of this country.I
want to go back to my studies because I only attended my first year
before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now
took place.

=A0

Please listen to this, I have my late father's account and death
certificate here with me which I will send to you latter, because when
he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading bank in
Europe which he used my name as the next of kin, the amount in question
is $6.7 (Six=A0 Million Seven Hundred Thousand US Dollars).

=A0

So I will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and
from it we can travel to Europe and live there. I kept this secret to
people in the camp here the only person that knows about it is the
Reverend because he is like a father to me.

=A0

So in the light of above I will like you to keep it to yourself and
don't tell it to anyone for I am afraid of loosing my life and the
money if people gets to know about it. Remember I am giving you all
this information due to the trust I deposed on you. I like honest,
understanding and God fearing people,truthful and a man of vision, and
hardworking.

=A0

My favorite language is English but our language is french but I speak
English very fluently, Meanwhile I will like you to call me like I said
I have allot to tell you.

Have a nice day and think about me.





Please my love i want to let you know that am not a harlot, i there by
attach my second pictures for you my love, for you to see me very
well,i hope you will like it. so my dear love, i will like to see one
of your nice picture for to know you well.

Hoping to hear from you soonest

Thanks and remain blessed.

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MAY GOD PROTECT YOU FOR ME.

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=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 YOURS IN LOVE

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