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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:
  • "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 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.
  • toma_armand@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Armand" <toma_amand@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: toma_armand@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:52:28 +0000
Subject: Call for urgent assistance

Toma. K. Armand Abidjan,26 th October 2006
Toma.T.Anselme
Kouakou Landry
Email: toma_armand@yahoo.fr

Objet : CALL FOR FINANCIAL HELP

Hello,

We are so glad to write you this letter after discovering your addresses when computerising days ago.
In fact, we are three (3) students in high school and we live in Abidjan in Ivory Coast.
The main purpose of writing this letter is to ask you a favour.Please we would like you to send us some financial help that can serve us to pay our studies at University.
Ours parents financial situation is very very difficult so that they cannot pay ours documents.As you know, there is war in our country since four(4) years now.
We have been sent in schools which prices are too expensive.In that way,we sincerly need your assistance to continue our studies.
Hoping to have a good answer of you,please oh dear have some consideration to our demand after reading this letter.
Thank you,because we know that you will do something for us.


Let GOD bless you.


Sincerly yours,



Ours names are:
-Toma. K. Armand
-Toma. T. Anselme
- Kouakou Landry

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