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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:
  • "dear friend" (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.
  • +22507105997 (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.
  • mattew2005@citromail.hu (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mattewyoban" <mattewyoban@canada.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 04:17:32 -0800
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME

DEAR FRIEND,
I AM PLEASED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU FOR A VERY URGENT
BUSINESS, ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW YOU NEITHER HAVE I SEENYOU
BEFORE BUT MY CONFIDENCE WAS REPOSED ON YOU WHEN I CAME
ACROSS YOUR CONTACT DURING MY SEARCH FOR A CREDIBLE OVERSEAS
PARTNER TO ASSIST ME. I AM 21YEARS OLD, THE ONLY
SURVIVING SON OF LATE DR.LEWIS YOBAN MY FATHER WAS A PRODUCE
BUYER & EXPORTER OF COCOA AND COFFEE.

HE MET HIS DEMISE DURING A TRIP TO THE VILLAGE IN A FATAL
MOTOR ACCIDENT WITH MY MOTHER AND TWO BROTHERS. WHILE I WAS
GOING THROUGH MY FATHER'S FILE I DISCOVERED THAT HE
DEPOSITED THE SUM OF $15,700,000.00M (FIFTEEN MILLION
SEVEN HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS). WITH A BANK HERE IN
ABIDJAN IVORY COAST. PRESENTLY I AM SOLICITING YOUR
ASSISTANCE AS REGARDS THE TRANSFER AND THE INVESTING! OF
THIS MONEY THERE IN YOUR COUNTRY.

MY INTRESTED AREAS OF INVESTING THIS MONEY ARE;
EXPORT THINGS LIKE MY FATHER OR TRY AND NEGOTIATE FOR ME
SOME PROFITABLE INVEST OPPORTUNITIES WHERE I CAN INVEST THIS
MONEY WHEN IT IS TRANSFERRED, PLEASE ADVICE ME, YOU WILL
ALSO BE REQUIRED TO ASSIST ME SO THAT I CAN FUTHER MY
EDUCATIONAL CARRIER.

AND TO ARRANGE A VISIT TO ABIDJAN - IVORY COAST SO THAT I
WILL PRESENT YOU BEFORE THE BANK AS MY LATE FATHER'S FROEIGN
BUSINESS PARTNER AND AS WELL PREFERRED PARTNER
RECORGNIZED.YOU WILL BE WELL COMPENSATED FOR THIS NOBLE
ASSISTANCE OF YOUR'S.
KINDLY CONTACT ME THROUGH THE ABOVE MENTIONED TELEPHONE
NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS RESPECTIVELY.

YOU CAN CALL ON
00225 0710 5997 OR
mattew2005@citromail.hu

REGARDS,
MATTEW YOBAN



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