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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Jovita Labbah" <joanbuka0@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: jovitalabbah01@rocketmail.com
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:45:00 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE


Dear respected one,
I know this mail will come to you as a surprise since we have not had
previous correspondence, please bear with me. I will really like to have a
good relationship with you, and I have a special reason why I decided to
contact you. I am Mrs. Jovita Labbah from Sierra-Leone now in Abidjan Cote
d'Ivoire.

I lost my husband in 2006 when he went to Bouake (Northern part of Cote
d'Ivoire)to negotiate for the establishment of cocoa processing factory by
the rebels who wanted to take over the Government. Before his death in
hospital, he briefly gave me information about the fund (US$10.5 Millions)
he deposited with a bank here.

since the death of my husband, his brothers have been seriously chasing me
around with constant treats, trying to suppress me so that they might have
the documents of his landed properties and confiscate them.They have
successfully collected all his properties, yet they never stopped there,
they told me to surrender all bank accounts of my late husband,which I did,
but I never disclose to them of this deposit. Because my husband made the
deposit in a suspense fixed account with a clause attached to it for onward
transfer into a foreign account.

Now that the situation is becoming uncontrollable because of pressure on me
from the family, which I will no longer like to take more risk staying here
with my only son who is just Seven year old, I am now soliciting for your
help to stand as my foreign business partner to receive the fund into your
account. You will help me to invest the money into real estate once I come
over there with my son.

If you agree to work with me, I will give you 15% as your commission and
also 5% for any expenses you might incur, all making 20% which you will
deduct from the total money once transferred into your account.

I am waiting for your reply so that I will give you more details about this
transfer. Call me +22507057738
Have a nice day,

Mrs. Jovita Labbah

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