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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • alice_mamadu001@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: alice mamadu <alice_mamadu001@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:10:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: AN UGENT BUSINESS PROPOSER


Dear Friend,

I am Ms alice mamadu, the Personal Accountant to the General Manager of a financial company in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. I want to inquire from you if you can handle this transaction for mutual benefits/life opportunity for you and me. (20%) for you, 80% for me.

The transaction is about assisting me as my foreign counterpart to enable us present you as the Beneficiary of the usd$48million dollars left by our late foreign customer who died in an auto crash with his family.

The Fund is currently in a suspense account awaiting claim, since the time the bank made a public notice that they are ready to release this fund to any of his relative abroad. I will give you more details about the transaction when I receive your affirmative response.

Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you by informing you of this transaction from my company as I will advise you to kindly desist from responding at all if you do NOT intend to render any assistance. Endeavour to respond via my secured email address.
Looking forward to hearing from you.May the lord be with you.

Yours truely

Ms alice mamadu

Email:alice_mamadu001@yahoo.com




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