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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:
  • "confidentiality of this transaction" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • drogbamail2008@terra.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: drogbamail2008@terra.com
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:33:51 +0000
Subject: FROM MR PETER DROGBA


Good day!

I am Peter Drogba.My sufferings began after they killed my parents and my
only sister because my father was an opposition leader to the president of
my country(Ivory Coast West Africa).Since then I have been with my uncles
but they have made thing to be more difficult for me because of their eyes
on my late father's properties.

Before the death of my father, he has $6.5 m USD (Six million, five hundred
thousand dollars.) in a fixed deposit domiciliary account with a bank in
Côte d'Ivoire that I am the next of kin.

I humbly need your assistance to help get this money transferred to your
account, to serve as my guardian and to make an arrangement for me to come
over after the fund is transferred, also to look for a good venture where
the money will be invested.

If you are willing to help me kindly get back to me. I am waiting for your
urgent and positive response. Please do keep this to your self; I plead with
you not to disclose it to anybody till after the transfer and I am in your
country. I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation of
your effort.

Note that the confidentiality of this transaction would be highly
appreciated in replying soonest to my private email address
drogbamail2008@terra.com

Thanks and best regards.

Peter Drogba
Email: drogbamail2008@terra.com

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