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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +22508991323 (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.
  • durrah06@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Durrah Mostafa" <durrah004@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: durrah_mostafa@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:28:36 +0000
Subject: From Mrs Durah Mostafa

From Mrs Durah Mostafa
Abidjan Côte D'Ivoire
Dear respected one,

With due respect and humility I write you this letter which I believe you
would be of great assistance to me and my children.
I am Mrs Durrah Mostafa, the wife of the late Dr Gafar mostafa. Prior to my
husband assassination by the rebel forces,he was the Director General
National Gold and Diamond Mining Corporation of Sierra-Leone.
Few days before my husband was assassinated, he instructed me and my
children to move out of Sierra-Leone and also to go into his underground
strong room where the documents of money he has deposited in a security
company in Abidjan Cote d Ivoire in one trunk box as family valuables and
treasures with the name of my first son as the beneficiary. The amount is
US$8.5000.000 ( Eight Million Five hundred thousand united states
dollars).He deposited it in a security company,
we are in a sincerely desire of your assistance to help us retrieve this box
that contains money out from the security company to your country for
investment .
For your information, the security company did not know the really content
of the box and we do not wish them to know until the box is remove from here
to your country. As it was deposited as family valuables and treasures.
Meanwhile, we want to leave Cote d Ivoire entirely for investment of this
money in your country and mostly for the future of my children. I want you
to please assist us to claim the box from the security company.
We have it in mind to reward you with 20% of the total amout after you meet
assist us bring it out from the security company to your country,

You can call me with this number +225 08991323 if you call and get my son
Khalid feel free to discuss with him,

I am waiting to hear from you,

Best Regard,
Mrs Durrah Mostafa.reply me with this mail durrah06@yahoo.com

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