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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:
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.
  • +22502545459 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: ruksana usman <ruksana_usman@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ruksana84usman@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:04:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Assalamou alaXkoum-- From Miss.Ruksana usman....


FROM: RUKSANA USMAN.


DEAR LOVING ONE,

PLEASE ACCEPT MY APPEAL AND DESIRE TO GO INTO BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU . I, APPEAL FOR HELP ME OUT IN THIS 100% RISK FREE TRANSACTION. MY LIFE IS NOT SAFE AT THE HOTEL WHERE I HIDE MY SELF FOR THE SAFETY OF MY LIFE.

MY NAME IS ( RUKSANA USMAN ) AN IVORIAN" IVORY COAST NATIONALITY. I AM THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF MY LATE PERENTS : ALHAJI, USMAN D. ABUBAKAR .
MY REASON FOR CONTACTING YOU IS BECAUSE OF THE HUGE PROBLEM FACING ME NOW. MY FATHER WAS A VERY RICH MAN IN COCOA AND GOLD MERCHANT, BASED IN ABIDJAN, THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST, HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTINGS TO DISCUSS ON A BUSINESS DEAL .

MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS A BABY AND SINCE AFTER THE DEATH OF MY MOTHER, MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS . BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER IN THE PRIVATE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED, HE CALLED ME SCRETLY TO HIS BED SIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE KEPT THE SUM OF US$9,000,000. 00 ( NINE MILLION UNITED STATE OF AMERICAN DOLLARS ) IN THE BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE . THAT HE DEPOSITED THE HUGE AMOUNT WITH MY NAME AS THE NEXT OF KIN IN DEPOSITING OF THE FUND . I NEVER KNEW THAT MY FATHER IS GOING TO DIED, THAT I WILL NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN. OH GOD, PLS ACCEPT THE SOUL OF MY LATE FATHER IN PERFECT PEACE/AMEN.

HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN THE COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE, HE TOLD ME WHERE HE KEPT ALL THE DOCUMENTAION TO THE FUND AND I HAVE RECEIVED THE. ALL THE DOCUMENTATION ARE WITH ME NOW, THAT IS WHY I CONTACT YOU TO HELP ME OUT IN THIS 100% RISK FREE TRANSACTION. ALL THE ARRANGEMENT HAVE BEEN READY AT THE BANK, THE BANK IS JUST WAITING FOR ME TO PRESENT YOU AS MY FOREIGN PARTNER SO THAT THE TRANSFER WILL TAKE PLACE.
MY DEAR, FOR YOUR EFFORT AND ASSISTANT IN THIS TRANSACTION. I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS A MODE OF COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND HOHEST IN THIS TRANSACTION AFTER THE SUCCESSFULLY TRANSFERRING OF THESE FUND INTO YOUR OVERSEAS ACCOUNT THAT YOU WILL PRIVADE TO THE BANK HERE TO TRANSFER WILL TAKE PLACE.

PLEASE YOU CAN REACH ME THROUGH THE HOTEL MANAGER DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER +225 02 54 54 59 . TELL HIM THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO RUKSANA USMAN - IN ROOM 21. PLEASE MY DEAR LOVING ONE, KINDLY HELP ME OUT IN THIS 100% LEGAL TRANSACTION. I PROMISE YOU 30% OF THE FUND BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANY PROBLEM OVER THIS MONEY AFTER WHEN YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE FUND IN THE ACCOUNT, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE YOUR 30% WHILE THE REMAINING BALANCE 70% WILL GO INTO AN INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY BECAUSE THIS FUND IS MY LAST HOPE IN THIS WORLD TO FURTHER MY EDUCATION AND SETTLE MYSELF IN FUTURE.

PLS, I WILL BE WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU (ASAP) BECAUSE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION IS - SIMPLE, SINCERE, CLEAN AND 100% RISK FREE TRANSACTION, ALL THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE ALREADY, I NEED YOUR PRESENTATION TO THE BANK AS MY TRUSTED AND HONEST OVERSEAS FOREIGN PARTNER WITH THE ACCOUNT INFORMATION TO TRANSFER THE FUND INTO.
MORE THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING IN THIS LETTER OF APPEAL AND GOD BLESS YOU.



BEST REGARDS
MISS : RUKSANA USMAN.

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