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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk box" (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.
  
• 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.
  • bambinoesther@teenmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: esther bambino <estherbambino@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:41:26 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From Miss Esther Bambino URGENT


From Miss Esther Bambino
Dearest one,
we are contacting you based on the information we gathered
about your person in this site .
I am Miss Esther Bambino . with my younger brother david .
we are in possession of a large sum of US$10.5 Million in cash and which we want to invest in your country under your care. This money was inherited from our
late father Dr Francis Bambino who was the Chief ccountant of Sierra Leone Gold & diamond Mining Corporation during
our 8 years civil War when Major Johnny Paul Koromah was
the country's president. This money is of no criminal origin as it was largely realized from black market sale of alluvial gold dust during the war.
This money has been moved and lodged into a security &
finance corporation in Abidjan Ivory Coast through diplomatic channels in one trunk box tagged family valuables for security reasons. we now want to
move this money abroad and invest it in profitable
ventures, as the time is now ripe for such move.
Where we need you assistance
1.Firstly to assist us claim this consignment from the
security company as my late fathers foreign partner and have the money paid into your
nominated account.
2. To assist us invest the money in a profitable business
ventures in your country.
For your kind assistance you will get 15% of the total
amount and 5% for any expenses you make, both telephone calls, fax/emails or any other money spent during the transfer of this money into your nominated account.
Upon your response and acceptance to assist me, we will
give you further details concerning this transaction but you must treat this transaction as highly confidential for my security reasons. HERE MY EMAIL bambinoesther@teenmail.co.za

Best Regards
Miss Esther Bambino

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