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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "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.
  • +22508006902 (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.
  • mary_bakuma@aklan.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mary_bakuma@aklan.com " <mary_bakuma@aklan.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 11:48:42 +0200
Subject: Advertentie op Kinderbazaar: Maxi-cosy merk Chico


Beste braem,<BR>

&nbsp;<BR>

Deze e-mail is verzonden vanaf de <A
HREF='http://www.kinderbazaar.nl'><B>Kinderbazaar</B></A>
website en betreft uw advertentie op
Kinderbazaar.<BR>

De e-mail is verzonden door
mary_bakuma@aklan.com (mary_bakuma@aklan.com)<BR>

&nbsp;<BR>mary_bakuma@aklan.com<br />
<br />
From;Madam Mary Bakuma<br />
Tel;225 0800 6902.<br />
<br />
My Dear, <br />
<br />
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business
venture which I intend to establish in your
country. <br />
<br />
Though I have not met with you before but I
believe one has to risk confiding in his fellow
human being to succeed sometimes in life. <br />
<br />
I want to confide on you for a brighter future of
my two sons since you are a human being like me.
<br />
<br />
There is this huge amount of Fifteen Million five
hundred thousand United States dollars
($15.500.000.00) which my late husband deposited
with a Bank here in Abidjan Cote D\'ivoire before
he was assassinated by unknown persons. <br />
<br />
Now I decided to invest this money in your country
or anywhere safe enough for security and political
reasons.<br />
<br />
I need you to help me claim and retrieve this fund
from the Bank and transfer it into your personal
account in your country for investment purposes
you may advice us.<br />
<br />
If you can be of an assistance to us we will be
pleased to offer to you 10% Of the total fund. <br
/>
<br />
You can call my son Musa for more explanation on
this number: 00225 0800 6902<br />
<br />
I await your soonest response.<br />
<br />
Respectfully yours,<br />
<br />
Mrs Mary Bakuma & Son Musa.<br />
<br />
<br />
mary_bakuma@aklan.com<BR>

&nbsp;<BR>

&nbsp;<BR>

Klik hier om naar de advertentie te gaan:<BR>

<A
HREF='http://www.kinderbazaar.nl/advert_detail.php?advert_id=1654'>http://www.kinderbazaar.nl/advert_detail.php?advert_id=1654</A><BR>

&nbsp;<BR>

Kijk op <A
HREF='http://www.kinderbazaar.nl'><U>www.kinderbazaar.nl</U></A>
voor koopjes op het gebied van
kinderartikelen.<BR>

Heeft u deze e-mail onrechtmatig ontvangen? Laat
het ons weten op <A
HREF='mailto:advertenties@kinderbazaar.nl'><U>advertenties@kinderbazaar.nl</U></A><BR>

&nbsp;<BR>

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