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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • mallammusaissa01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mallam musa issa <alhajimusaissa@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mallammusaissa01@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 22:51:58 +0000
Subject: i need your assitance.


Hello Dear,

I am Mallam Musa Issa from Ivory Coast. I am a boy of 21 years old and being that i lost my father a couple of months ago. My Father was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting board until his death, He was assassinated last january by the rebels following the political uprising.
Before his death he deposited a trunk box in a security company here in Cote d'Ivoire and he also told me that the trunk box contain up to the tune of $18.5 Million which he told the security company was for the importation of cocoa processing machine.

I want you to do me a favour to contact the security
company and demand how to get the trunk box out from
their company and also to help me receive the trunk
box to your country or any safer place as the
beneficiary.

I have planned to do investment in abroad like
real estate and industrial production. This is my
reason for writing to you. Please if you are willing
to assist us indicate your interest in replying very
urgent. please your help will be extreamilly appreciated because i really confide on you to help me.please reply with my email:mallammusaissa01@yahoo.com,Tel:00225-085-843-06

Thanks and best regards
Mallam Musa Issa

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