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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. )
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • angels.smiles@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Joyce Precious" <mpjoyce001@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 17:36:13 +0000
Subject: Dearest One


*Greetings,*
**
* Please,I am left alone in this world now The death of my parents has now
made me an orphan, Please I plead to you adopt me as your daugther and
render your help. I promise never to dissappoint you.Let my cry for help
touch your kind heart Please I promise never to disappoint you.

*
*I am Miss Joyce Hopewell Martins from Bouake Cote D'Ivoire. I am 19 years
old, the only surviving child of my Late parents Mr & Mrs Solomon M Hopewell
.I want to ask for your help.I lost my mother at the age of 10 and my father
was poisoned to death during his visit to our home town for a family
meeting 20 February 2007.Before the death of my late father he told me that
he deposited the sum of 2.7 usd (Two Million Seven hundred thousand united
states dollars) in a Security company here in Cote D'Ivoire.*
**
*My late father told me in his dieing bed that it was because of sucess in
business and his wealth that his wicked jealous brother planned and poisoned
him to death, to prove it all, six months after my Father's death my wicked
uncle sold most of my late father's properties including our family
house.Now due to the the reason behind my parents death I will not want to
stay here again and my uncle is now after me so that no one will ask him
about my late father properties. *
**
*The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life and I wished to
stay under your care with your advise please,again It is the fear of
betrayal from anyone around me here that confirms my decision to contact a
neutral individual like you. I am in a sincere need of your kind assistance
to help me transfer this money to your country so that I can join you to
continue my education which is very important to me and also you can aswell
help me in investing the fund in a good and moving business in your country.
I will give you more details upon your immediate reply.*

*Your Sincerely Girl,
Miss Joyce Hopewell Martins.*
*Email (angels.smiles@hotmail.com<http://ph.f761.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=angels.smiles@hotmail.com>
)*

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