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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:
  • "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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "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: aadabmohammed_07@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 03:13:11 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Assalamalekum my honorable,

Assalamalekum my Honourable,

Permit me to introduce myself to you. l am Miss Aadab Mohammed from Liberia, but residing in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire because of my uncle who killed my father, war and political crises that going on in my country. Now l write to inform you my desire to invest my money into a lucrative business in
your country

My mother Farah Mohammed died when I was a small child in a private hospital here in Abidjan during her pregnancy period with her baby. Since then my father Hassan Mohammed, took me so special. Before my father's death, he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of
twelve million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars. (USD$12,500,000) deposited in a Bank here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire, that he wanted to use this fund to invest more in his cocoa business in Ivory Coast here.

Please, can you be sincere to me and use this money to invest in buying some houses and hotels for me in your country, because my uncle and his agents have been threatening to kill and have everything away from me. Then after the money being transferred to you, you will help in getting me a visa
to I come over your country for the rest of my life and pay you your compensation for the successful secured of the fund.

Moreover, after your thinking and feel to do me this favour, you can mail me so that l can tell you how to transfer you the money very secretly or you can fly down here if you feel like.

So, do not delay in mailing me if you feel like assisting me in this problem. Insha'Allah.

My regards,
Aadab Mohammed.



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