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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:
  • "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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From:
Date:
Subject: From: vivian kenn

=46rom: vivian kenn
Dear,
Please, do not be embarrassed with this letter as we have not seen or m=
et before. My name is vivian ken I am the only issue of my father Late =
Mr. Sodjo kenn, a wealthy cocoa merchant in the Northern part of Cote d=
=92Ivoire, who was killed during war. My late father deposited the sum =
of Ten million five hundred thousand United State Dollars 10.5 million =
Usd with a bank here in Cote d=92Ivoire before his death. Dear, due to=
political situation in Cote d=92Ivoire, I want you to assist me to tra=
nsfer this money to your country and invest it in any available busines=
s line of your choice, as well help me to come over to your country to =
continue my education.
Please dear, reply me urgently so that I will introduce you to the bank=
director as my family foreign partner as well my guardian for the tra=
nsfer of this money to your bank account. I wait to welcome your reply =
as soon as posible. Thanks a million times for your concern and your ca=
pable assistance is highly needed in this transaction, basically due to=
your reputations and your enlightenment of handling issues to a standa=
rd solutions.
Thanks alot.
vivian kenn

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