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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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +2289076370 (Togo, 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.
  • pbaba1@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: PERRY BABA <perrybaba1@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 04:40:38 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLS I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE


Dear Friend,

I am very sorry trying to trouble you in this my time of need. I am Perry Baba, the only son of Mrs. Princess Rosa Baba, who was the second wife of Mr. Babab I Baba, an INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS DISTRIBUTOR here in Lome-Togo. I am from East side of Togo in Africa, butpresently schooling at the university of Lome-Togo, I am a 3rd year Medical student, I am 24 years old. My mother was married to my father on the 6th day of May 1979, providentially Gave birth to me and regretably no female child.

My mother died when I was 2 years old, she died with her unborn baby when she was delivering her 2nd child and my Dad died last month after terrible attack from long time Cancer, which dealth with him for numerous years and lastly killed him last month after prescription. My Dad called his first wife and me with his personal attorney and gave me some of his wealth for my endurance and the rest was given to my stepmother because my Dad's special doctor has told him in advance that he will not live for the next 5 days.

Immediately after the mourning of my Dad, My step mother and my Dad's
Personal Attorney unite together and distorted almost all the documents
that was given to me by my Dad for my durable continued existence. They
tainted the documents to the name of her two sons. Now, the one that makes me to blubber and run away from my dad's house is the deposit certificate,which was issued to my dad on the day he deposited the sum of 15,000.000.00 united state Dollars (Fifteen million united state dollars) on the 28 day of September 2000 in a security company Europe. My dad personally gave the deposit certificate to me in the presence of my step mother and his personal attorney, they are now trying to take away from me the deposit certificate which is the only paper among the documents that was particular given to me for my survival. She is doing all these things to me because of her position in the administration.

Before my Dad died, he called me confidentially and told me not to
mishandle this 15,000.000.00 united state dollars (Nine million united state dollars) because I don't have any other person who will continue to take care of me in the prospect. He hence advised me to search for a God fearing person who will aid me to claim this money as soon as I graduate from the University. But as things stands now, I necessitate to claim this money before my stepmother get hold of the deposit official document from me and claim the money.

Currently, I need your help. I want you to stand as the receiver of this deposited money so that the security company will release the money to you and then you will deposit the money in your personal account there in your country so that I will have some money back from the whole amount and find a way out to your country, because if I continue to hang around here, she might decid to slay me just to have the deposit certificate.

If you can help me to save this money in your custody without betraying me, then I can abscond the whole amount of money for you so that you can invest it into business, but that can be under the condition that you would take 20% of the amount for participating in this project bearing in mind that you would assist me relocate to your country to invest my own share of the project with your full guidance.

If you are contented with these states of affairs, you can contact me
back. But if you are not happy with these state of affairs please inform me so that I can straight away search for another person for the assistance.Please you can call me via my mobile number, +228-9076370

Alternative email address; pbaba1@katamail.com

Yours

Perry Baba.


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