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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:
  • "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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. )
  • "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 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 "dying widow" 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.
  • estherjonata_01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: estherjonata_01@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:41:14 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Beloved,

Dear Beloved,

I am Mrs.Esther jonata from Ghana i am married to late Alex jonata from Cote D'Ivoire. he was the executive accountant with the Ivory Coast ministry resources and energy. And during the period of uor marriage we have only one son.
Though this message might come to you as unexpected hence we have not meet before and the only means of communication is via internet and you are being contacted because of my condition here in the hospital in Cote D'Ivoire.

I was told by the doctor that I was poisoned and has got my liver damaged and can only live for some months. When my let husband was alive he deposited the sum of us$13.8 Million Dollars in a security company here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoere.And was registered as a family valuable because it was in
a trunk box, presently this fund is in the costody of security company firlm.and I cannot think of anybody trying to kill me apart from my late husband business associate in order to inherit the money, because my son is only eight years old.

I will issue you the vital document that will prove to you the present beneficiary of the fund in the custody of ther secirity company. I hope that you will not bettered my only son if i chang the document in your name and make you the present beneficiary. After all the transfer my son will
relocate to your country, Please all I need from you is to take my only son as your son, give him good education. even when I am know more. this mail is very urgent.

All I need now is for you to Investor this Fund for my only son.
If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer you 15% Of the total fund.If you fill to help me, you can email me in my privet email address estherjonata_01@yahoo.com


God bless you and your family
Mrs.Esther jonata
Thanks





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