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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:
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "trunk boxes" (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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "JOHNSON DUKE" <johnsonjunior3@pravda.ru>
Reply-To: johnson.duke18@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:13:44 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL


DEAREST,

I KNOW THAT MY MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SUPRISE SINCE I DONT KNOW
YOU IN PERSON OR MET WITH YOU BEFORE,BUT I AM OF THE BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD
BE OBLIGED TO COME TO MY ASSISTANCE AFTER HEARING ABOUT MY SITUATION. IT IS
HIGHLY REGREATABLE WRITING TO YOU NOW NOT MINDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
PAVADED AROUND ME HERE IN ABIDJAN.
I AM JOHNSON DUKE, THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR AND MRS.DUKE.

MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN, THE
ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY
HISBUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING TO DISCUSSON ABUSINESS.

WHEN MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 1991, MY FATHER TOOK ME SO
SPECIAL BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS. BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 29TH JUNE
2006 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN ABIDJAN. HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS
BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS TWO TRUNK BOXES THAT CONTAIN A SUM OF £
16,500,000 (SIXTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS) LEFT IN A
SECURITYCOMPANY IN LONDON, THAT HE USED MY NAME AS HIS ONLY SON FOR THE
NEXT OF KIN IN DEPOSIT OF THE TRUNK BOXES.

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 FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE, (SUCH AS REAL
ESTATE MANAGEMENT) SIR, I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE
FOLLOWING WAYS.( 1) TO PROVIDE ADDRESS WHERE THIS BOXES WOULDBE SEND TO (2)
TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND SINCE I AM A BOY OF 20 YEARS (3) TO
MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY AFTER THE TRUNK BOXES
HAS BEEN CLAIMED FROM SECURITY COMPANY.

MOREOVER, SIR, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU20% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS
COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT / INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL OF THIS FUND TO
YOUR COUNTRY OVERSEAS.FURTHER MORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS
ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS,
YOU SIGNIFY INTERESTTO ASSIST ME. ANTICAIPTING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY

JOHNSON DUKE

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