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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:
  • "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 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.
  • akimazu_meracle@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: meracle akimazu <akima_mer2005@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: akimazu_meracle@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 12:20:33 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: From Your Partner.


Our dear friend,

Compliment of the season.
We got your name and contact from the Ivoirian chamber of commerce and industry. We understand that you are capable in investing our money for us so we prayed over it before contacting you for help.

I am meracle akimazu (24 years old) while my sister rose akimazu (22 years old), the children of late Mr & Mrs RICHARD AKIMAZU who was a rich, famous and wealthy cocoa merchant and Gold dealers based in Abidjan; the economic capital of Ivory Coast. We are seeking your attention to help us transfer the sum of (USD 2 500 000) two million and five hundred thousand United States American dollars into your account for an investment purposes,such as real estates and stock markets,as this money was deposited with my name in the bank as next of kin before the sudden death of our father.

So why we contacted you is to help us invest this money in your country for us,and help us to continue our education,also you will help us to get our resident permit in your country. As we will need your urgent help to transfer this money out of Africa because of our uncle who killed our father is after our lives because of this money.

Please dear, I and my Sister are willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as a compensation for your urgent assistance to us .Please kindly contact us immediately you got this mail declaring your willingness to assist us and we assured of your entitlements/compensation for all your assistances.
Have a wonderful time with your entire family..(akimazu_meracle@yahoo.fr).altanative email

Yours sincerely,

Meracle and Rose Akimazu.



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