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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:
  • "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)
  • "million us 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)
  • "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: oliverpana1@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:58:02 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dearest one

Dearest one

I come to you with hope that you will be able to help me indeed. I am Oliver Pana. I am the son of Mr Coulibaly Pana a Sierra Leone farmer based in the area of Bouaké in Ivory Coast. When the war burst in the town of Bouaké , the rebelÃÔ intention was to plunder and kill all the rich farmers in
Bouaké. Mainly the foreigners, thus my father were killed in this atmosphere of terror by the groups armed with the Chief Rebel WATAO. I had the chance to escape because I lodged and protected by a colonel from the army here whom my father had rendered great services.

Well before my father was killed he has the opportunity to brief me of the safe deposit he made with one Security Company in Abidjan . It was a deposit of a trunk box. He told me that the trunk contained the fortune which he had piled up during all his life time of 1,200,000 Million US dollars. I
have with me all the proves which I will give you once you agree to assist me make the claim. This money came from the exploitation of the plantations of café and hñ×ñ and cocoa of its various plantations. I contact you to ask for your assistance for the transfer of this trunk on your behalf in
your country, you will help us to invest this money in the branches of industry which you will consider good.

Once is transfer to your country, I will come over to continue my studies there. And you will help me to keep this money until we finish our studies in your country. Please contact me as soon as possible so that I put in contact with the security company so that you discuss with them of
transferring the box to your country. I am waiting to read from you.


Oliver Pana.




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