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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found 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 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.
  • +22508541845 (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.
  • james_jonbo555@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: james jonbo <james_jonbo555@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 05:36:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Feel free to call me on +225 08541845.


Dear Amarjit,

I thank you for taking your time to respond to this email. I got your email from a business listing here after going through your profile, I prayed over it and I know God is not directing me to the wrong direction. You are right we do not know each other. But I want us to put our trust in God and give it a chance.It is difficult for me also because of the world of today.

I do not know what extent you are familiar with events and fragile political situation in COTE D IVOIRE but it has formed consistent headlines in the CNN, BBC news bulletins.

Before my mother died, she moved out the sum of USD4.5million which she deposited in a commercial bank in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire . My father has been a businessman before he died. I want you to help me receive the fund in your account, invest and manage it as my guardian in your country while i continue with my education. This is my late mothers wish and instructions to the bank before she died.

It is a long story that if I open it up to you now, you will be shedding tears but I pray to share it as a testimony when I join you and further more, I will love you to call me so that I can explain more to your understanding or send me your direct telephone number so that I can call you.

Please find here the details to identify me :

First Name : James
Middle Name : Zumaa
Last Name : Jonbo
Birth Date : 16/03/1985 DD/MM/YYYY
Birth Place : Cocody
Phone Number : (00225) 08541845
Fax Number : Not Available
Email : james_jonbo555@yahoo.com
Country : Cote d"Ivoire
National Currency : cfa
Religion : christianity
Type of Person : Humanity
Do you : Drink ocassionally
Do you Smoke : No

When I hear from you, I will send you a copy of my International passport and the document that my mother used in depositing the money at the bank. I will like you to inform if you have any business venture that this money can be invested in.

I will wait to talk to you soonest so that I can send you more details. Feel free to call me on +225 08541845.

Thanks and God bless.
James


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