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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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• 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)
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Fraud email example:

From: benjamin frank <benjamin_frankg@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:07:05 +0100 (CET)
Subject: From Mr. Benjamin Jean-Paul Kone,


From Mr Benjamin Jean-Paul Kone,
Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Dear Friend,

It is with a warm heart i write to share my experience with you for a mutual benefit, in hope that this message will find you in the best of times. My name is Mr. Benjamin Jean-Paul Kone, a senior accountant with the Maritime Authority of Ivory Coast. After much deliberations with my two colleagues, I have decided to forward to you this proposal to solicit for your assistance
to fascilitate the transfer of this US$16.2 million (sixteen million two hundred thousand U.S. dollars) to a safe account overseas.

This fund resulted from an over-invoiced bill from a contract awarded by the government to an expatriate company, under my watch as the chairman of the contract award committee. This contract was actually executed in 2004 and commissioned in 2005. The contracting firm has also been paid their actual cost for the contract. We are now left with the balance of US$16.2 million as the over-invoiced amount as we agreed with the conracting firm. However, by our government policy/civil service code of conduct, we cannot operate any foreign accounts as long as we are still in public service. For this reason, i am soliciting for your assistance to have
this fund transferred out from here for our mutual benefit. We have agreed to give you 15% of the total fund after the transfer, for your support. Upon your reply and acceptance of this proposal, more information shall be given to you with regard to transferring the fund from the bank here.

To my colleagues and i, this is a life time opportunity we cannot afford to miss. As you may want to know, this transaction is free from any risks. Let honesty and trust be our watch word throughout this transaction.
Your prompt reply will be appreciated.

Regards.
Mr Benjamin Jean-Paul Kone.



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