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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)
  • ",000,000" (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 trust you?" (a common phrase found 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: "Miss.Helen Edward" <elizabath_ehouman_20@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: helenedward1@yahoo.gr
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 22:10:50 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Miss Helen Edward.

May God bless you,

l am Miss Helen Edward, 18 years, from Zimbabwe.

l am the only child of my parents, late Mr and Mrs Raymond/Mariatha Edward. My father was one of the major farmers in Zimbabwe, also one of the major exporters of cocoa from here. He was against the bad government of president Mugabe which led to his assasination by Mugabe boys.

There is this huge amount of Six. five million U.S dollars($6.5,000,000.00) which my late father kept with Fiduciary Fund Holder in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire (West Africa) before he was assasinated by the Mugabe boys and the fund is in a Metallic Trunk Box.

Now I have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside my country for security and political reasons.

I want you to help me to claim and retrieve this box from the Fiduciary Fund Holders and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes on these areas:

1). Telecommunication
2). The Transport Industry
3). Five Star Hotel
4). Real Estate

Now i want to ask you something;
1)Can i trust you?
2)Can you take me as your sister?
If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 10% Of the total fund.

I await your soonest response.

Respectfully yours,
Miss Helen Edward





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