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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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: godwin_mathias <godwin_mathias30@biz.by>
Reply-To: godwinmathias1@yahoo.ie
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:48:15 +0000
Subject: My Dearest one,


*My Dearest one,*

**

*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 talk able, but real
reacting and happening at the right time. **I am Godwin Mathias (Peace )
the only son of late Mr and Mrs Alain Mathias. My father was Cote d'
Ivory Contractor Egineer based in Abidjan , the economic capital of Ivory
Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of
their outing to discus on a Contract Business deal.** When my mother died,
my father took me so special because we are motherless. Before the death of
my father on 20th February 2006 in a private hospital here in Abidjan .

He secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has a sum of $
6.500.000 (six Million, five hundred thousand dollars) left in a suspense
account in one of the local bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as
his first son for the next of kin in deposit of the fund. 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 Contract 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).**

Dearest, I am honourably seeking for 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 boy of 23 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. Thank you very much for your kind attention
my dream project is to have our real estate management home.*

* *

*I look forwards to hearing from you soon.*

*Yours Sincerely..* *
Godwin Mathias*

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