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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 orphan scam.
• 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.
  • +22508406941 (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.
  • erick1laurent2004@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Erick Luarent" <erick1laurent2004@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 20:53:38 +0200
Subject: APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE.


APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE.
From: Erick Luarent
Country: Abidjan Cote D' Iviore
Adress/ I will give you later.
Email : erick1laurent2004@yahoo.com
Hotel: Telephone/ +225 08406941
Greeting !!

With due respect and with GOD all thing are possible, that is why I contacted you for help to, please Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your Contact and I prayed 7 days prayer over it and selected your name among other namess and contacts due to its esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person that I can do business with and by the recommendation , I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere clean business 100% risk free assurance and I will like you to know that all the neccesery arrengement have been ready at the bank.

I am Erick Laurent the only Son of late Mr and Mrs Laurent Konan My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip . My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on march 2006 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, before his death he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Nine million,five hundred thousand United State Dollars. US($9.500,000) left in fixed /suspense account in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan that he used my name as his only son, the next of Kin in Depositing of the fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of his wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates. That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where i will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel management and I wil like you to know that before I contacted you I have been introduce you to the bank director where my late father deposited the my money before he died and the bank director told me that they are ready to transfer this money directly to your account as a new beneficiary of this money.
I want you to get back to me immediatelyyou receive this mail so that I can gave you the contact of the bank where my late fatehr deposited the money for you to spoke to the director so that the transfer will take place immediately as the bank director promise me.
I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following bellow : so that I can go and summited them to the bank for imediately .

(1) To Oppen new bank account in which this money would be transferred into .

(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am 21 years old.

(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and for you to secure a resident permit in your country for my comeing over to meet you.
All the necessary arrangement has been made at the bank where my late father deposited this fund and the DIRECTOR of the bank told me that as soon as an account of my choice is forwarded to their bank that they will transfer this fund to my destination without any delay. I beleived that you will soon call me for good news that you have comfirm my money.

Furthermore, you indicate your options towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within seven (7) days of Bank working days.
Thanks you for your understanding and my GOD bless you and your family in Jesus name! Amen.
I will like you to always pray for an orphan Child like me God will bless you.

Remain bless in Jesus name! Amen.
Sincerelly yours faithfully Son!
Erick Laurent.

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