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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:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +22507453178 (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.
  • bongoemmanuel@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: rev father joseph <revfatherjeanjoseph@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:09:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear in Christ




Hello VICTIM-FULLNAME,

I thank you for your message and I would like to pay your attention can I have contact you to offer my funds to you to be able occupies you of the children stripped in your country.

For your information I am Rev Father Joseph a man of God I include/understand your concern on confidence I am also sorry for your money because in this world the bad people made that in this world one cannot any more finds the good people.

I have contact you so that you can have this sum of $1,000,000,000 because I am tall believing and I would like that you rely on me I am not as the bad people who spends their time has to swindle people, me I would like to give you my funds with my heart and it is by the grace of very powerful God that I succeeded has contacts you.

However I would like that you contact lawyer of the bank so that it can change all the documents into your name in order to receive these funds on your bank account.

Contact person:

Bongo Chambers of Abidjan-Cote D'Ivoire

Contact Person: Barrister Bongo Emmanuel

Tel: 00225 07 453 178

E-Mail: bongoemmanuel@yahoo.fr

Please after reading my mail, do not fail to contact with my late father attorney with his full contact address that is stated therein, and tell him that i gave you his contact in order for you to contact with him for the authorization letter that will enable you to make claims of the fund on my behalf, then any information that you get from him you try and update me.

Finally, i will be looking forward to read from you, and please try to reply me with your direct telephone number that will enable me to call you on phone .

Thanks and God bless you.

Yours,

Rev Father Joseph


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