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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: morrisbuba1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 21:42:38 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20RESPONSE?=

FROM MORRIS BUBA
ABIDJAN COTE D`IVOIRE
TELE 0022508572443

DEAR,

MY NAME IS MORRIS BUBA . NATIONALITY SIERRA LEONE. IAM 23 YEARS OLD, A
STUDENT.I LOST MY FATHER YEARS BACK. HE DIED DRURING THE POLITICAL CRISIS
IN MY COUNTRY. MY LATE FATHER WAS ONE OF THE DIRECTORS UNDER TIJAN KABBAH
GOVERNMENT.

MY MOTHER IS AGED SHE IS 51 YEARS NOW AN OLD WOMAN. WE ARE LEAVING IN COTE
D'IVOIRE SINCE PAST SIX MONTH. IT IS MY DESIRE TO WRITE FROM MY HEART HOPING
THAT YOU WILL NOT BETRAY US. MY FATHER DIVERTED SOME HUGE OF MONEY WHICH
HE DEPOSITED IN FAVOUR OF HIS FORIEGN PARTNER WITH A BANK IN THIS COUNTRY
WHEN HE WAS ALIFE, IN FACT IN A BRIFE I INTRODUTION.

ALL THE INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU. THIS MONEY
TOTALING US$ 25,000,000.00 (TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLAR NOW
WE ARE SEEKING FOR A TRUSTED PERSON WHO WILL RECEIVE THIS MONEY INTO HIS/HER
ACCOUNT FOR ONWARD INVESTMENT. OWEVER, WHAT WE NEEDED FROM YOU IS YOUR GOOD
ASSISTANCE IN HELPING US TRANSFERRING THE SUM TO YOUR ACCOUNT SINCE WE ARE
INEXPERENCED IN THE WORLD OF BUSINESS, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ARE ASKING
FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

A DOCUMENT CONCERNING THE DEPOSIT MAY BE GIVEN TO YOU FOR YOUR VERIFICATION.
WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE THE FUND OUT OF AFRICA TO ABROAD. I AND MY MOTHER
HAVE DECIEDED TO GIVE YOU 10% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE.
THE WORLD IS FULL OF BAD PEOPLE PLEASE CAN YOU PROVE YOUR GUNUITY TO US
FOR US TO HAVE YOU AS A PARTNER.

SORRY I AM NOT SAYING YOU ARE BAD PERSON BUT CONSIDER THAT THIS IS MONEY
AND HOW THE MONEY WAS GOTTEN. IT IS INHERITACE AND LAST HOPE. SHOW YOUR
INTEREST AND WE PROCEED ON THE NEXT STEP OFACTION. COTE D`IVOIRE IS NO LONGER
CONDUSIVE FOR US TO STAY. WE LOOK FORWARD FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY.YOU CAN
CALL US AT +22508572443

MY BEST REGARDS.
MORRIS BUBA AND MOTHER

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