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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "million united states 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)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • johndavid00800@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 11:38:48 +0200
Subject: FOR PURPOSE.


FOR PURPOSE.
John and Doris David
0022502657637
EMAIL:johndavid00800@yahoo.fr

Dearest,

To introduce myself, I am John David,the son to Mr and Mrs
Benson David, I was in the university studying Electrical
Engr, before the sudden death of our late father,who was a
very wealthy Gold/Diamond dealer in Freetown, the economic
capital of Sierra Leone.My father was poisoned to death by
his close business associates on one of their outings on a
business trip, in collaboration of my Uncle my late father
younger brother.

It is just a long story, as I have to let you know more
about my life experiences.Presently I and my sister Doris
is in Ivory Coast a nearby country,as my Uncle threatens
to eliminate us, but why I contacted you was just to
confide in you the deposit my late father deposited in a
security company in Oversea , before his death.

He made a deposit of,TEN MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS(concealed in a metallic box ) in a security
shipping company in Oversea,as he declares it as family
valuables for the security of the money involved. he used
my name as the next of kin when he made the deposit. Since
our arrival here I have contacted the security shipping
company and inform them of our father death, and our
willingness to retrieve the deposit,they are waiting for
my foreign partner now for the release of the deposit, as
was stated in the agreement reached by the security
company and my late father.

All I am looking for now is for you to assist us in the
claim and investment of this only remaining heritage of
our late father in your country as our foreign partner.

Please I need your urgent assistance to retreive the
deposit that will enable us come over to your country to
continue our education that was stoped because of treats
from our uncle and the death of our late father.
We offer you fiteen percent of the total money for your
assistance.

We await for your urgent response.

May God be with you.

John David
NB:PLEASE WRITE US HERE:johndavid00800@yahoo.fr


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