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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.
• 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.
  • +22509145295 (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.
  • kouame_jean@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ore oulahie <oreoulahie@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:31:31 +0100 (CET)
Subject: RE : Tres Urgent





Bonjour Cher MR

Sachant que nous n'avions pas eu le temps de faire grande connaissance mais ce dont je vais vous parler va vous interreser je suis cormercante je vais acheter des objets d'art africain dans les pays pour les revendre dans mon pays mais a mon dernier voyage mes marchandisses ont ete bloque au port pas faute de dedoinement don en ce moment je suis a la recherche d'un homme de confiance pour m'aide a dedoiner mes marchandisse et apres la vente enssemble nous allons partager les revenus et cette personne sera renbourser et je vais contunier de faire affaire avec cette personne les marchandisses sont d'une importante somme de 32million de frcfapour le dedoinement il m'ont demander 3million500mille frcfa
VOICI LE NUMERO DU TRANSITERE:+225 0914 5295 +225 21 27 58 32 40 5
EMAIL TU TRANSITERE: kouame_jean@yahoo.com


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