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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "keep it confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Charles Diabate <charles_diabate2@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 01:30:48 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION PLS.



Dear Beloved One.
It is my great pleasure to write you this letter on behalf of me and my junior sister, Your information was given to me by a member of the Cote D' Ivoire Export Promotion Council (CIEPC) who was with the Government delegation on a trip to your country for a bilateral conference talk to encourage foreign investors. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal for the benefit of us and hope you will keep it confidential because of the nature of this business..
Meanwhile, i am Charles Diabate, the first Son of late DR. Pascal Diabate, the former Ambassador of Republice of Cote D' Ivoire to U.S.A, who was killed on October, 2006 in his country, for his support to the ruling Government.

It was my recent trip to France, by the invitation of my late father Lawyer who is residing in France that inform me concerning some money which my late father deposited in one of the Finance House in my country Cote D' Ivoire, that i came in contact with your email address, as the man who gave me your contact, assured me that you are a nice person who can assist me in transferring the money into your bank account.
Thus, i hereby seeking for your humanitarian assistance for the transfering of the deposited money to your country, so that my late father wealth will not be seized by the bank, as the money has being in the custody of the bank for too long, that is the reson why i need your urgent assistence toward transferring this money into your bank account for our joint partnership investment in your country.
Sir, in case of your doubting, i am ready to forward to you the telephone contact of the foreign exchange manager of the finance house, so that you can contact him, but befor i can do so, you have to assured me of keeping this transaction secret and confidential.
Awaiting to receive your mail.
Thanks.
Charles Diabate.














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