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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united state dollars" (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)
  • "urgent assistance" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • mor_kabongo1@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: kabongo morris <mor_kabongo1@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 20:32:38 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: YOU ARE INTOUCH WITH MORRIS REMAIN BLESSED.


Dear Leoda,
thank you for your responds to my mail. how are you today together with all the members of your family i hope all is well.
i want you to understand that you did not make any mistake in regards to your responds ,
i will like you to go back to my first mail and understand the contant very well, all i need from you is to stand as my forerign pertner beasd on the agerrment my late father enter with the bank the day he was makeing the deposit. i will also like you to sent to me your direct line and your fax number so that i will go to the bank and introduce you as my late father foreign busniess pertner. as time gose on i will give you all the infomation of the deposit and the contact of the bank where the money is been deposited.
thank you and remain bless as awiat to hear from you today
Regards
Morris




:

Dear Sir,

Please excuse me but my English is not so very great.

Frankly I am a little confused because I have been asked to get in touch with several email addresses regarding a very private and pressing issue. Can you please peruse the enclosed email and communicate to me whether I am finally in touch with the right individual to do this work for me? I am just a little anxious.

Ms Leoda Weisz

--- Forwarded email ---
APPEAL FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE=20
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire

Dear One

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship =
with you. I am Morris Kabongo the only son of late Mr. and Mrs. Benson =
K. Kabongo. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan the =
Economic capital of Ivory coast my father was poisoned to death by his b=
usiness associates on one of their outings on a business trip.My mother d=
ied when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special.=20

Before the death of my father on January 2003 in a private hospital here =
in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has =
the sum of Eight million five hundred thousand United State Dollars. US =
$8.500 000 left in fixed/suspense account in one of the prime banks here=
in Abidjan that he used my name as his only son for the next of Kin in =
depositing of the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of th=
is wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates. That I should =
seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfe=
r this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate manage=
ment or other wise and profitable investment.

Sir I am honourably seeking for your assistance in the following ways:
1 To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred t=
o .
2 To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 19 years without i=
nvestment knowledge.
3 To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my=
education and to secure a resident permit in your country.

Moreover I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation=
for your EFFORT/INPUT after the successful transfer of this fund Into yo=
ur nominated account overseaswhile 3% will be maped out for any expenses =
we may incure.

Furthermore please indicate your options towards assisting me as I belie=
ve that this transaction would be concluded within Seven working days you=
signify interest to assist me.
Anticipating to hear from you soonest Thanks and God bless you.
Sincerely yours
MORRIS KABONGO
NB:please take note for my escurity reasons reply back tome with my priva=
te email adeerss;mor_kabongo1@yahoo.fr thank you and remain bless as awa=
it tohear from you today.





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