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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • +22508771841 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • villneni5@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Villaran Khalif" <villneni08@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: villneni5@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:33:26 -0500
Subject: FROM: LEONARD / VILLARAN KHALIF.

FROM: LEONARD / VILLARAN KHALIF.
MOTHER THERESA'S CAMP ABIDJAN
TEL:+225-087-718-41.

CONFIDENTIAL

Dear ,

I am Leonard Khalif the only son of late former Director of finance, Chief
Mario Khlif Sierra-Leone diamond and mining corporation. I must confess my
agitation is real, and my words is my bond, in this proposal. My late father
diverted this fund acquired from the over influencing of price of
sales/purchasing of raw materials., now he has deposited the money with a
Security company in Europe in Trunk box as family values,and he attached a
strict clause to the Trunk box in bracket(PAY AS RECEIVED),I am residing
under political assylum with my younger sister Villaran Anita, in Abidjan
the capital city of Cote D' Ivoire, my younger sister who is 16 years old.

Now the war in my country is over with the help of ECOMOG soldiers, the
present government of Sierra Leone has revoked the passport of all officers
who served under the former regime and now ask countries to expel such
person at the same time freeze their account and confiscate their asset, it
is on this note that I am contacting you, all I needed from you is to
furnish me with your contact address.


1) Home address
2) Telephone number.
3) Fax Number.
4) You Full Name

For you to assist us transfer this money in your private bank account, the
said amount is (Seventen Million Dollars) $17 Million and we will be
compensating you with 15% of the total money amount, now all our hope is on
you as we really wants to invest this money in your country, were their is
stability of Government, political and economic welfare.

Honestly I want you to believe that this transaction is real and never a
joke. My late father Chief Mario Khalif gave me the certificate of deposit
issued to him on the date he made the deposit, and he called me closer to
his bed side before his call to glory (R.I.P)that I should pray to god
first, before contacting any foreginer and he warned me stricly that I
should avoid african men with their greedy and evil mind since this is the
only legacy we are inheriting from him.

Dear, this is for you to be clarified because, we do not expose our self to
anybody we see, I believe that you are able to keep this transaction secret
for us because this money is the hope of our lives, it is important.

Please you can indicate your interest by contacting me via my email address
(villneni5@yahoo.com).

N.B Try and negotiate for us some profitable blue chip investment
opportunities which is risky free which we can invest with this money when
it is transferred to your account and you will be our guiardian, personally
we are interested in estate management and hotel business, please advise us
as our late father used me the only son as the beneficiary / next of kin on
the day of deposit and also told me I that I will need a foreign assistance
of a foreigner with a legitimate bank Account abroad who will stand as
co-beneficiary and partner abroad.

Thanks and God bless
Best regards

Leonard & Villaran Khalif.

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