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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "@lawyer.com" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.
  • +22504129976 (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.
  • solange@lawyer.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Harrison Nzi <harry_nzi300@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:25:32 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Establish contact with the attorney immediately


Dear Singh,

I really appreciate your kindness towards my request for your noble assistance. Before we proceed with this, I will like you to assure me that you will not involve/inform anyother person about this transfer. I am saying this for security reasons and also do to the nature of my father's death. I hope you can understand me.

Also, I wish to inform you that I have discussed with the banker where this money is deposited and he informed me that before the money can be transferred to your account, that their bank has to change the beneficiary of the money to your name.In view of this, I have contacted an attorney who will handle this on our behalf. Below is his information;

Attorney Solange Kone
Solange and Associates Chambers Abidjan
Telephone: +225 04 129 976
Email: solange@lawyer.com

Please do go ahead and contact the attorney and also follow his instructions to make sure that everything goes fine with the transfer as he is in the position to assist us to see that this money is transferred to your account.

Please provide me with a telephone number where I can call you or you can call me on this telephone + 225 07 772 372.
On hearing from you, I will send you the document issued to my late father when he deposited this money with the bank.
I will be waiting to hear from you urgently.
Sincerely,
Harrison.


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