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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • williamsd_01@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: williams_2d25@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:01:37 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Hello Dear,


Hello Dear,

My name is David Williams the only son of late Mr and Mrs. Alex Williams. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant based inAbidjan the economic capital of Ivory Coast. He was poisoned to death byhis business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a businesstrip.

Before the death of my late father he made a depositof($9.500,000)with a bank here in abidjan Cote D' Ivoire. Now I havedecided to move this fund out of this country to your country forinvestment purpose. I want you to assist me and receive this fund inyour country. You will serve as the guardian of this funds since I am aBoy of 21 years.

You will make arragment for me to join you in your country as soon as the fund is transfferred to your bank account.

I would like you to send me the following informations:

1Fullnames
2Private phone/fax
3Current residential address

facpectedto assist me reply me back at my private email(williamsd_01@yahoo.fr)so that we can proceed.

Anticipating to hearing from you.

God bless you.

David.


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