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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:
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.
  • +22501246060 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: IVANS HABTE <hab_ivans01@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: habte_ivans@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:16:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: please help me!!


Rue 14 palm cocody
Abidjan Ivory Coast.
Hello,

My name is Habte Ivans, I am 19yrs old and a student. Please I would like you to assist me as urgent as you can before they kill me.

My father was a wealthy gold dealer. Trouble began early last year when my father's associates started suspecting that my father is not giving proper accounts ofall the tons of gold being supliered by local gold dealer in some villages.

This mistrust deepens between oct-sept, 2005 when they discovered a very bigsome of money my father deposited in a Bank here in Abidjan Ivory Coast. As a result of this discovery and the enviness of this money ,he was poisioned by his associates.At his hospital bed ,he revealed to me the reasons of his sickness.

He directed me where to get the documents of the Money deposit in the Bank, that he made me the next of kin being the only child.He advise me that if he dies , that I should not stay in the country because his associates will equally kill me hence my mother died five years ago of breast cancer. He directed me if he dies that I should look for a foreign partner who will help me to transfer the money into the person's account and the person will help me to invest the money in his country.

My father finally died on 5th of November 2006 and since then I was out of school and went into hiding because of my father's associates. All the relevant documents of the $7.5 million us dollars that was deposite are with me now . I am ready to give you 20% , if you can help me transfer this money into your account for onward investment and the continuation of my education in your country.

Please contact me immediately with the above E-mail address and include your telephone and Fax number to enable me send you all necessary documents as regards the money before they kill me. call me at +225 01 24 60 60.


please this transaction is 100% risk free. I'm waiting for your urgent reply.
Best regards,

Habte Ivans,


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