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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "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)
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Michelle <mrsmmbo5@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: mrsmmcl@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:42:00 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Regards from Michelle.

Trecheville Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Dearest One,
Good day. I have a proposal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will. I know that this mail may come to you as surprise. I am Mrs. Michelle Oduele the wife of Dr. Joseph Oduele the former director general of Sierra Leone Gold and
Diamond Corporation who was assassinated to death by the rebels loyal to Foday Sankoh the (RUF) leader.

I managed to escape from Sierra Leone with my only son Cletus. It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe one have to risk confiding in succeed sometimes in life.
There is huge amount of money, Seven Million five hundred U.S dollars ($7,500,000.00) which my late husband deposited in G4S Security Company here in Abidjan Ivory Coast before he was assassinated to death by the so called Rebels. The money was contained inside one trunk metallic box as he
registered it as family valuables for export. My late husband did so because he never wanted any body to know that the real content of the metallic box is money for security purposes.

Now I and my son Cletus have decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone for security and political reasons.

I really want you to help us claim and retrieve the trunk box from the G4S security company and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes on these areas:
(1) Telecommunication, (2) Transportation, (3) Real Estate etc.

My questions:
1. Can you honestly help me as a widow?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the fund is been transferred to your care?

If you can be of assistance to us I will be pleased to offer to you a reasonable percentage of the total fund (us$7.5million).

I await your soonest response so that I will give you more details of the transaction.

Respectfully yours,
Mrs. Michelle Oduele.




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