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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:
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "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 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.
  • +22509891173 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: henry hamson <science03grant@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: akacoli@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 13:17:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello.



16, Rue des jardins Cocody
les Deux Plateaux Abidjan
Côte D'Ivoire

Hello

I apologize for any inconvenience that my mail may cause you .I am Mr,Henry Hamson 22yrs the son of late Mr. Hamson konan,
The Former Minister of National Education to the regime of the late Felix Houphouet Boigny former president of the republic of Cote D'ivoire my father was also a special adviser to the former President, General Robert Guei,My Father was assassinated with my mother on 24 may 2004 in Burkina Faso where he was living in exile,why i was in school in Ghana. so far I do not know who killed him. So his death was strange.

During its several functions in the country, my father had deposited ($8,500,000) in a securite company here in cote D'ivoire to enable him transfer and invest it at the end of his services. Sadly fate had decided otherwise. Also buildings that we need to sell to a company. Some time after his death, I discovered in his will this information and I automatically made contact with the securite compnay to claim this important legacy in my capacity as legitimate and the only son in the light of the stipulations of his wills.

Today my main concern is to transfer this money out of the West AFRICA. Considering that I suffered quite serious bullying and harassment on the part of my late father political opponents and uncles. I need you to help me.

So I want you to please assist me stand as my nominated foreign trustee so that the securite compnay will release the packega to you and you will assist me relocate to your country to continue a new life and further my education.

You shall be entitled to a significant portion of the fund which will be deliberated upon your acceptance to this offer. Here is my unember 00225 09 89 11 73 for any question.

Thanks for your kind attention and expected positive response.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr,Henry Hamson.

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