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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:
  • "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)
  • "hundred thousand united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • hellenpeter@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: hellen peter <hellen_peter897@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: hellenpeter@hotmail.fr
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:54:46 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dearest Beloved

HELLEN PETER, 21 Years old and the only survival of my late perents after the incident that happened in my Country Ivoire Coast West Africa,my email address is this
hellenpeter@hotmail.fr

Presently i am in a terrible situetion and will apreciate your humble assistance and ideas, Before the death of my late Parents I was aware of $4.5 Million Doallars ( FOUR Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) which my late Father deposited in one prime Secirity Company in a
Metalic Trunk Box here in my Country Ivoire Coast, Presently the Security Company did not know the content as Money because it was deposited as Family Valuables for security reasons, I have also contacted the Company on how to retreived out that Trunk Box from their custody,

But my present condition and situetion did not modify me financialy, Presently to eat food is a problem for me Coupled with the political uprisis here in this Country, My dear Beloved I want you to help me get this Trunk Box retreived out from the Security Company and also be deliver to you in
your Country, As soon as you received it You will now make a Traveling arrangement for me to come over to your Country in other to continue my Education and also to go into Business relationship with you,

Please dear If you find this mail offensive Please Ignor it and accept my appology, I will be looking forward to hear from you so that i can provide to you all the relevant Documents which was sign by my late Father on the day he made that deposite to the Company including the Company's contact
information, So that you can contact them immediately on how the Trunk Box shall be retreived and also be deliver to you in your Country, May God bless you for your understanding and sincere to assist me out.

Yours BelovedHonest
HELLEN PETER








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