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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)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • miss_prisca_law08@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: miss_prisca_law120@o2.pl
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:20:49 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Your Urgent Assistance Please

West Africa .
Dearest Beloved,

Please I am sorry for contacting you this way since we haven't meet nor know each other before. I have a proposal for you-this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.
I am Miss Prisca Lawrence, 22years old girl I am the only daughther of late Mr.and Mrs.Lawrence O'Neal from a Royal family in Sierra Leone . My father was a highly reputable business merchant (cocoa merchant) who operated in Abidjan the capital city of Ivory Coast during his days.

He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.
My mother died when I was 11 years old, and since then my father took me so special. Before my father's death on 15 June 2005 he told me that he deposited the sum of five million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars (USD$5.500,000) in one of the Finance/Security Company here in Abidjan
the capital city of Ivory Coast. He made the deposit of the fund in a metallic trunk box as containing family valuable that belongs to a foreign partner.

He further told me that he deposited the box in my name as all the documents bear my name as the depositor, and for the Security Company's staff not to open the box he made the beneficiary as foreign partner.
I went to the security company for the box the finance security company refused to release the box because they said that they must respect the agreement they had with my late father that state, that (the box can only be release to a foreign partner overseas through his associate which he did
not disclose any name to them.

I am just 22 years old and a university undergraduate, really I cannot handle the retirement of this fund alone without the help of a foreigner. This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant mysterious death of my parents. The death of my father actually brought lot
sadness in my life. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards. Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-
1. Can you honestly help me as your family?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you?
Please, consider this and get back to me as soon as possible. Through my private email box bellow for security reason.
(miss_prisca_law08@yahoo.co.jp) My sincere regards.
Miss Prisca Lawrence








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