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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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • mamunaibrahim@latinmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MAMUNA IBRAHIM" <mamunaibrahim1@msn.com>
Reply-To: mamunaibrahim1@latinmail.com
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 18:49:42 +0000
Subject: CRY FOR HELP

DEAR FRIEND,

I AM VERY SORRY BY INFRINGING ON YOUR PRIVACY. I AM MRSMAMUNA IBRAHIM A COTE
DI VOIRE CITIZEN, I AM CONFIDING IN YOU THE SUM OF $15 MILLION DOLLARS.

THIS MONEY IS THE ONLY THING I HAVE FOR SURVIVAL BOTH ME AND MY ENTIRE HOUSE
HOLD SINCE MY HUSBAND DIED. AND NOW THERE IS WAR HERE IN MY COUNTRY ABIDJAN
MY LIFE AND MY CHILDREN LIFE ARE NOT SAFE INCLUDING MY LATE HUSBAND
PROPERTIES THAT IS WHY I WANT TO MOVED THIS MONEY OUT OF THE COUNTRY HENCE
THE COUNTRY IS NOT SAFE, AND THERE IS NO WAY I CAN TRANSFERED THIS FUND OUT
OF MY COUNTRY BECAUSE VIRTUALLY ALL THE BIG BANK THAT HANDLED BIG TRANSFERED
HAS CLOSED DOWN.

ACTUALLY MY HUSBAND WANTED TO SHIP THE BOXES CONTAINING THIS FUND TO A CLOSE
ASSOCIATE OVERSEAS BEFORE HIS SUDDEN DEATH I HAVE TRIED COMMUNICATING WITH
THIS HIS FRIEND ALL TO NO AVAIL, I STUMBULED ON THE SHIPMENT INFO IN HIS
PRIVATE BEDROOM AND DECIDED TO SOLICIT FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO RECIEVE THIS
BOXES IN YOUR COUNTRY. THIS FUND IS PACKAGED IN TWO TRUNK BOXES CODED AS A
BOX CONTAINING FILM CHEMICALS AND IS WITH A DIPLLOMATIC COURIER COMPANY
READY FOR SHIPMENT,

ALL YOU NEED DO IS TO GET BACK TO ME SO I CAN GIVE YOU THE DETAILS OF THE
COURIER COMPANY SO YOU CAN CONTACT THEM AND ARRANGE FOR THE SHIPMENT OF THE
BOXES TO YOUR ADDRESS,I WILL ALSO GIVE YOU THE SECURITY CODES OF THE BOXES
SO YOU CAN QUOTE IT WHEN CONTACTING THE DIPLOMATIC COURIER COMPANY SO THAT
THEY CAN IDENTIFY YOU AS THE ASSOCIATE OF MY LATE HUSBAND NOTE THAT THIS
BOXES WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR STEP IN YOUR COUNTRY AFTER WHICH I WILL
COME OVER WITH MY CHILDREN TO MEET WITH IN YOUR COUNTRY THROUGH YOUR
ASSISTANCE.

WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.
REGARDS, MRS MUMUNA IBRAHIM NB;PLEASE REPLY THROUGH THIS EMAIL BOX:mamunaibrahim@latinmail.com

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