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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 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.
  • +22505944454 (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.
  • miss_emma_2005n@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Miss Emma Nduka <miss_emma_2005n@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:05:32 +0100 (CET)
Subject: With due respect and humility I write you this letter which I believe you would be of great assistance to me and my younger sister


ASSYLUM CAMP ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE
From:Miss Emma Nduka/Miss.Rose Nduka
E-Mail:miss_emma_2005n@yahoo.fr
TEL:+225 05 94 44 54
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE

My Dear Respectful one,

With due respect and humility I write you this letter which I believe you would be of great assistance to me and my younger sister we are Miss Emma Nduka/Miss Rose Nduka the two Daughters of late former Director of finance,Chief Evans Nduka from Sierra-Leone diamond and mining corporation.I must confess my agitation is real, and my words is my bond, in this proposal.

My late father diverted this fund acquired from the overinfluencing of price of sales/purchasing of rawmaterials, now he has deposited the money with BICICI BANK Abidjan COTE D'IVOIRE BY FIXED DEPOSIT FORM,and he attached a strict clause to the fund in bracket(PAY AS RECEIVED),where I am residing under political assylum with my younger sister Rose who is 14 years old.

Now the war in my country is over with the help of ECOMOG soldiers, the present government of Sierra-Leone has revoked the passport of all officers who served under the former regime and now ask countries to expel such person at the same time freeze their account and confiscate their asset, it is on this notethat I am contacting you, all I needed from you is to furnish me with your bank particulars:

1. Your Full Name.

2. Your Address both Home & Office.

3. Your Telephone and fax n° for easy communication.

4. The name of your Bank.

5. Address of your bank.

6. Telephone & Fax of your bank.

7. Your Account Number.

8. The Account Beneficiary's Name.

9. Sort Code, Swift Code etc.

As soon as I receive this detail information, the Bank will be instructed to effect the change of Account to your name as my WILL beneficiary .

For you to assist me transfer this money in your private bank account, the said amount is (Twentyseven Million Dollars) $27 Million.I am compensating you with 10% of the total money amount, now all my hope is banked on you and I really wants to invest this money in your country, were their is stability of Government, political and economic welfare.Honestly I want you to believe that this transactionis real and never a joke.

My late father Chief Evans Nduka gave me the photocopies of the certificate of deposit issued to me by BICICI BANK ABIDJAN on the date of deposit, and he called me closer to his bed side before his call to glory(R.I.P)that i should pray to God first,before contacting any foreginer and he warned mestricly that i should avoid african men with their greedy and evil mind since this is the only legacy weare inheriting from him.

Sir/Madam,this is for you to be clarified because, I do not expose my selfto any body I see, I believe that you are able to keep this transaction secret for me because this money is the hope of our life, it is important.

Please call me immediately after you must have gone through my message fill free and make it urgent.

That is the reason why I offered you 10% of the total money amount, and in case of any other necessary expenses you might incure during this transaction inluding your telephone calls.
N.B Try and negotiate for me some profitable blue chipinvestment opportunities which is risky free which I can invest with this money when it is transferred to your account and you will be our guiardian, personally I am interested in estate management and hotel business, please advise me.

Call me back immediately you receive this message for more explanation.

And promisse me and Rose my younger sister to be a father considering our situation and not to betray us.

Thanks and God bless

Best regards

Miss Emma Nduka/Miss.Rose Nduka



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