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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:

• 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.
  • +2289105773 (Togo, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: ashrilmailbox@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:01:03 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?My=20Sincerely=20Intentions=20To=20You=2E?=



Dear VICTIM-FULLNAME,

Thanks for very much for your response to my mail and please this is not
a spam Email,I must say I really understood what you mean,without wasting
time,I am only here to tell you the truth of my life for you to understand
that I am really in need of your assistance to make a meaningful life for
my only son Kenneth in future,I know you have read my proposal correctly
and understood my situation,all I need from you is just to assist me in
working together with my lawyer to make sure this consignment and other
family inheritance are being transfered successfully to your country thereafter
I shall come over with my son to meet you in your country for further investment
of the funds.

Please I can understand that you may be serious about this transaction,but
one thing I want to assure you is that I have no intention to cause you
any harm rather for you to help me and my son.I want to also let you know
that there nothing illegal in this transaction because I have the backings
of one of the best lawyers in this country and he has promised to render
his full support once am able to contact a foreign partner who will assist
me in recieving the funds and also help in investing it when it comes over
there.

I also want you to understand that I did not choose you by my own power
rather it was the will of God almighty who get us connected through a missionary
who came to the refugee camp here to preach to us,there I got the priviladged
to discuss my situations with him and finally he lead me into prayers and
ask me to go into the internet and search for a God fearing person who will
assist me in this transaction,fortunately you happens to be the only person
I sent my mail to and by God's intervention you mailed me back.

Please you can see that our connection is of divine,therefore lets try and
make the word of God to be truth,all I want you to do now is to give me
your total consent that you will stand by me in this transaction from the
begining till the end of it where we will all rejoice together in your country.One
other thing I want you to understand is that you are not going to render
your assistance for free,you have a lot of benefit which stands to come
your way if you finally agree to participate in this transaction,because
I have maped out 20% of the total sum of USD$20million for your compensantion
and also you will serve as the managing director to any of our investment
in your country.

As soon as I hear from you,I will give you the contact of my lawyer and
also insturct him to send to you all the legal documents which the funds
were deposited with and he will also help to direct you on how possible
you can get the funds transfered without hinderance or delays.

I will be waiting for your correspondence and also you can call my son Kenneth
on this number for more explanation because we are not allowed to make international
calls in the refugee camp here.

Please call my son Kenneth with this his mobile telephone number for more
details imformation +228-910-57-73.

Thanks and remain bless.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs Ashril and son Coulibaly.

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