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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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: morrisbubaa4@gala.net
Reply-To: morrisbubaa2@cantv.net
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 18:11:23 +0000
Subject: FROM MORRIS BUBAA AND SICK MOTHER


*FROM MORRIS BUBAA AND SICK MOTHER
**ABIDJAN COTE D`IVOIRE**
TELE 0022507511381
*
**
*DEAR,

MY NAME IS MORRIS BUBAA . NATIONALITY **SIERRA LEONE**. IAM 23 YEARS OLD,
A STUDENT.I LOST MY FATHER YEARS BACK. HE DIED DRURING THE POLITICAL
CRISIS IN MY COUNTRY. MY LATE FATHER WAS ONE OF THE DIRECTORS UNDER TIJAN
KABBAH GOVERNMENT.

MY MOTHER IS AGED SHE IS 51 YEARS OLD A SICK WOMAN. WE ARE LIVING IN
**COTE D'IVOIRE** SINCE PAST SIX MONTH. IT IS MY DESIRE TO WRITE FROM MY
HEART HOPING THAT YOU WILL NOT BETRAY US. MY FATHER DIVERTED SOME HUGE OF
MONEY WHICH HE DEPOSITED IN FAVOUR OF HIS FORIEGN PARTNER WITH A BANK IN
THIS COUNTRY WHEN HE WAS ALIFE, IN FACT IN A BRIFE I INTRODUTION.

ALL THE INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU. THIS
MONEY TOTALING US$ 25,000,000.00 (TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLAR NOW WE ARE SEEKING FOR A TRUSTED PERSON WHO WILL RECEIVE THIS MONEY
INTO HIS/HER ACCOUNT FOR ONWARD INVESTMENT. OWEVER, WHAT WE NEEDED FROM YOU
IS YOUR GOOD ASSISTANCE IN HELPING US TRANSFERRING THE SUM TO YOUR ACCOUNT
SINCE WE ARE INEXPERENCED IN THE WORLD OF BUSINESS, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE
ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

A DOCUMENT CONCERNING THE DEPOSIT MAY BE GIVEN TO YOU FOR YOUR
VERIFICATION. WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE THE FUND OUT OF THIS COUNTRY TO YOUR
COUNTRY. I AND MY MOTHER HAVE DECIEDED TO GIVE YOU 10% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR
YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE. THE WORLD IS FULL OF BAD PEOPLE PLEASE CAN YOU PROVE
YOUR GENUITY TO US FOR US TO HAVE YOU AS A PARTNER.

SORRY I AM NOT SAYING YOU ARE BAD PERSON BUT CONSIDER THAT THIS IS
MONEY AND HOW THE MONEY WAS GOTTEN. IT IS INHERITACE AND LAST HOPE. SHOW
YOUR INTEREST AND WE PROCEED ON THE NEXT STEP OF ACTION. COTE D`IVOIRE IS NO
LONGER CONDUSIVE FOR US TO STAY. WE LOOK FORWARD FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY.YOU
CAN CALL US AT +22507511381

MY BEST REGARDS.
MORRIS BUBAA AND MOTHER *

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