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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:
  • "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.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22508638807 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Asiedu George" <asiedu_georges@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:08:47 +0100
Subject: request reservation

Hello,
I am Mr Asiedu directing George of company NEW BOUTIK Côte.d'ivoire( Ivory Coast ). I contact you for a double reservation of room in your hotel because I will be in your area for a 10 days mission approximately. And I would like to pass a pleasant stay in your buildings if you offer this of course privilege to me. From February 15 at next 25 February. Also, I profit to request your benevolence has to render to me a great service for my shop here in côte.d'ivoire concerning the sale of mobile phones. I would like to mean you that on the current market we are in competition and of course the last exits of phones are current events. I thus ask you to help yourselves to get a mark of mobile phones to me which we do not find yet on our premises and who must exist well on your premise. It is mark NOKIA 8800 or SAMSUNG D600 for a quantity of 20 phones. Thus want you inform near a salesman about the total price of those with transport charges to Abidjan - Côte.d'ivoire( Ivory Co
ast ) via FEDEX or DHL including the reservation of room and to forward me the total invoice. Not being in your duty to do it, I will send to you on order of debit my credit card with 800 euros of expenses of participation for your generosity.
Thank you well from your collaboration and hoping to have a sincere and durable relation in business, receive all our greetings.
Mr. Asiedu George
Tel: 00225 08638807


Bonjour,

Je suis Monsieur Asiedu Georges directeur de l'entreprise NEW BOUTIK Côte d’ivoire.
Je vous contacte pour une réservation de chambre double dans votre hôtel
car je serai dans votre région pour une mission de 10 jours environ. Et j'aimerais passer un séjour agréable dans vos locaux si vous m'offrez ce privilège bien sûr.
A compté du 15 Février au 25 Février prochain.
Aussi, je profite pour solliciter votre bienveillance a me rendre un grand service pour ma boutique ici en côte d'Ivoire concernant la vente de téléphones portables.
Je voudrais vous signifier que sur le marché actuel nous sommes en concurrence et bien sûr les dernières sorties de téléphones sont d'actualités.
Je vous demande donc de m'aider à me procurer une marque de téléphone que nous ne trouvons pas encore chez nous et qui doit bien exister chez vous.
C'est la marque NOKIA 8800 ou SAMSUNG D600 pour une quantité de 20 portables.
Veuillez donc vous renseignez auprès d'un vendeur sur le prix total de ceux-ci avec frais de transport jusqu'à Abidjan via FEDEX ou DHL y compris la réservation de chambre et me faire parvenir la facture totale. N'étant pas en votre devoir de le faire , je vous enverrai sur ordre de débit ma carte de crédit avec 800 euros de frais de participation pour votre générosité.
Merci bien de votre collaboration et espérant avoir une relation sincère et durable en affaire, recevez toutes nos salutations.

Mr Asiedu Georges
Tel: 00225 08638807

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