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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:
  • "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.
  • +22566211273 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "danga franck" <dangaf4@biz.by>
Reply-To: franck_d46@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:01:24 +0000
Subject: FRANCK AND ROSEMARY DANGA.


FRANCK AND ROSEMARY DANGA.
ABIDJAN, COTE D' IVOIRE.

DEAR,


MY NAME IS DANGA FRANCK NATIONALITY SIERRA LEONE. STUDENT, I STUDY
MARKETING IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN THE UNIVERSITY. 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 58 YEARS NOW.AS A RESULT OF MY FATHER DEATH,DASHED OUR HOPE OF
SURVIVAL.THE UNTIMELY DEATHS CAUSED MY MOTHER SHEART FAILURE AND OTHER
RELATED COMPLICATIONS OF WHICH SHE LATER DIED IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER WE MUST
HAVE SPENT ALOT OF MONEY ON HER. I HAVE ONE YOUNGER SISTER I AND HER ARE
LEAVING IN COTE D'IVOIRE SINCE PAST SIX MONTHS. IT IS MY DESIRE TO WRITE YOU
FROM MY HEART HOPING THAT YOU WILL NOT BETRAY US.

MY FATHER DEPOSITED SOME HUGE SOME OF MONEY WHICH HE DEPOSITED WITH ONE
BANK HERE WHEN HE WAS ALIFE. IN FACT IN A BRIFE INTRODUTION ALL THE
INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU. THE MONEY IN QUESTION
IS US$10.5 MOLLION NOW WE ARE SEEKING FOR A TRUSTED PERSON WHO WILL RECEIVE
THIS MONEY INTO HIS / HER ACCOUNT FOR ONWARD INVESTMENT.


HOWEVER, WHAT WE NEEDED FROM YOU IS YOUR GOOD ASSISTANCE IN HELPING US
TRANSFERRING THE SAID SUM TO YOUR ACCOUNT SINCE WE ARE INEXPERENCED THE
WORLD OF BUSINESS, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT. ALL
DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE DEPOSIT MAY
BE GIVEN TO YOU FOR YOUR VERIFICATION. WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE THE FUND OUT
OF THIS COUNTRY TO ABROAD.

I AND MY SISTER HAVE DECIEDED TO GIVE YOU 25% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR
KIND ASSISTANCE. THE WORLD IS FULL OF BAD PEOPLE PLEASE CAN YOU PROVE YOUR
GUNUITY 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. AFRICA IS NO LONGER CONDUSIVE FOR US TO STAY.

YOU CAN CALL US ON TEL NUMBER ABOVE.YOUR URGENT CALL IS NEED FOR MORE
DETAILS AM WAITING FOR YOUR CALL.PLEASE CALL ME AND MY SISTER WITH OUR
PASTORS NUMBER +225 6621 1273 HIS NAME IS PASTOR RICHARD.

BEST REGARDS.
FRANCK AND ROSEMARY DANGA.

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