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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • +22507166795 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • des_doba@keromail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Jane Mupesa" <janemupesa125@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:10:01 +0000
Subject: Letter From Mr Desmond Doba

>From Mr Desmond Doba.
Abidjan,Ivoiry Coast
West Africa.
TEL +225 07166795

Confidential message.

Attn Sir:

I am writing this mail to you from my residence because of how confidential
it is,this letter contains
some confidential materials and should be delected from your mail box if you
are unable to help
me out concerning the proposal.I am the director of international remittance
in a bank here in Abidjan.

I and my colleagues have an amount of 28 million dollars belonging to Gen
Robert Guei who was shot dead together with all his family last September by
the Government soldiers here on an accusation of plotting a failed coup de
etat.this money was 58 million dollars but some have been used in the
importation of arms by the General until he met the unexpected death.
I have all the necessary documents involved in the deposition and the
withdrawal of the part of the money and the next of kin was his personal
security guard who also met death.Now I want you to stand as the next of kin
and help us transfer this amount of money out from here.This business is
100% risk free and I will prepare all the documentation and prove the source
of the fund before the transfer.

I want you to know that this business involves I and 2 top officials in our
bank and must not be taken as a joke,I advice you to think very well before
responding because we need a very strong hand in this transaction.

Your percentage and other important details will be discussed once I confirm
your kind willingness in helping to the transfer. I await your
postive response.You can reply me on des_doba@keromail.com

Thanks,
Mr Desmond Doba.


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