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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
  • +22507104394 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: doris gomo <doris_gomo25@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 11:28:30 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Doris


Dear Sir,


I knew is wrong to contact you through this means but is just that i am desparate and my pressent condition now is fruastrating, that was why i use this medium to fasting up my request.



I am Dorris Gomo the daughter of the late assacinated senator in zimbabwe but pressentlly i am in abidjan, capital city of ivoiry coast in west africa, for the past three months now.i want you to assist me withraw and transfer my dad money into your account in your country and also take me and my brother out of here that had made us orphan.



Why i contacted you was that i went to the bank to widthraw this money since my late father use my name as the next of kin to the deposit but i was told by the bank that my late father made an agreement with them that i have to get to the age of 25yrs before i can make claim of the money or alternativlly i should provide a guardain who can make the claim on my behalf and that was why i contacted you.+225-07104394.

Thanks,



Dorris


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