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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "million 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)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • gabrielc.joseph@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MICHIE RICHARD" <tonymoris004@ig.com.br>
Reply-To: rev.yocca_luis@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:00:05 +0200
Subject: FROM GABRIEL C.JOSEPH


Dear Sir / Ma,
Compliments.
I'm a Male,a Model Fashion Artisan. GABRIEL C.JOSEPHis my name, I'm 21 years
old, from Congo Democratic. I would like if you could assist me to retrieve
my dad's inheritance with a security company in Cotonou Benin republic, and
invest it into Model Fashion Industry, and other profitable areas in your
counrty? My dad and family died on plane crash with his Lebanese business
partner and his family too, in the year 2003 when they were travelling to
Lebanon for a festival,and I was in my marital village at Ghana with my
grand mother, by then she was alive. By then my grand mother gave me some
documents stated that some money were deposited on my name by my dad, worth
$9 million US dollars. And I have went to the company to claim the
inheritance but their office was demanding from me the demurrage charges for
clearance to enable their company release the inheritance box to me. But i
don't have such money they demanded for the clearance. Right now i'm in a
refugee camp in Cotonou Benin Republic, because my lodging money had
exhusted. Pls, let me to know if you can help me so that I will give you
other information in this regard. Await urgently at your earliest convini.
Remain blessed.
GABRIEL C.JOSEPH.
Alternative;
Email=gabrielc.joseph@yahoo.com

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