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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • ibsbissau@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "MR" <ricar_do14000@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ricar_do15000@yahoo.ca
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 14:42:21 +0000
Subject: PROPOSAL

INVITATION TO TENDER A PROPOSAL TheGovernment of Guinea Bissau, represented by the Ministry for the Mines and Industries, in partnership with Company IBS (International Business Systems & Co) obtained a financing for the exploitation of and the copper Gold mines of Këlëkis (200 km south). Sociétés/Entreprises eligible: This invitation to tender at competition is addressed to the Companies answering in particular the conditions hereafter : - To meet the standards of participation in the International Invitations to tender; - To have experience proven in the field of the exploitation of the Mines and Ores; - To have the equipment necessary for the realization of work; - To also have the financial capacities necessary for a correct execution of work. Also, the qualified Companies which wish it can tender against NONREFUNDABLE payment of an amount of 320 customs dollars(by Western Union or Fax in this address : IBS S/C JUSTIN NDECKY Coordinator of the Project in Bissa
u Tel : 00 (245) 20 54 72 or 74 - e-mail : ibsbissau@yahoo.fr <http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=ibsbissau@yahoo.fr> ) by acquiring the Tender documents which will be directly sent to them on Internet via their site/e-mall, Fax, Code postal, by the means of IBS. The Offers of tender will have to be sent to the address e-mail of IBS at the latest 60 days after the sending of documents (please inform as soon as possible in IBS mail when you send payment for Tender documents). NB: - The Offers sent late will not be accepted; - Any Company (person or entity) apart from CEDEAO must, simultaneously with its Offer, to formulate a request for visa addressed to the government of Senegal via IBS which will transmit. - The Invitations will be sent only to the candidates preselected for the visit of the site. With the occasion of the visit, the last examination for the final selection will have place in the presence of the r
epresentatives of the Companies tenderers which will have wished to assist to with it. - A history of frequent dispute or arbitration pronounced against the tenderer or one of his partners can militate in his disqualification

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