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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: sifamaykabila1@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:50:44 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello dearest one,

Hello dearest one,

I saw your profile i decided to send you this message, However i will like you to read all the message I sent you then you get back to me.

I am Mrs. Sifa Maanya Kabila, From Democratic Republic of Congo . There is an information i would like you to keep very confidential, Because is convenant & business. There is sum amount of money my Husband (Late President Laurent Kabila) deposited in a bank in Abidjan Cote d'ivoire Africa for
safe keeping, Before he was killed by his eldest military son.

The squabble happened as immediately we returned back from our London trip. My husband married us three wives. I am the second wife. I will not be able to give you the full details that led to that ugly incidents right now.

The eldest son is the current President of our country now, (JOSEPH KABILA KABANGE.) For now i and my son Saide Kobi Kabila staying in Abidjan the capital of Republic of Cote D'voire Africa, Just to save our life, The money in question, is 17, Million U.S.Dollars.

I can not make the withdrawal of this fund, Because my husband registered the beneficiary of the fund as his (Foreign Business Partner and also Family valuables as the content of the deposit.) The documents of the deposit are with me.
What I would want you to do is to assist me to get the consignment withdrawn from the bank, And we shall open a small account in a bank here in your name, And transfer the money to your country through the account . We shall replace the name foreign partner to your own name, Because the code was
used for security reason. I will give you 15% of the total money for your assistance. There is no risk in this transaction.

I will use the remaining balance of the money for an investment in your country for the future, If you are interested, And can maintain the very confidential of this transaction, You e-mail me immediately for more clarification, And also note that i am a refugees in Abidjan Cote d' lvoire, Because
of the assassination of my late husband, And the civil war going on in our country Democratic Republic of Congo.

Please, reply immediately you receive this email for more information.

Thanks,
Mrs.Sifa Maanya Kabila.




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