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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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.
  • +447961815015

Fraud email example:

From: David Robert <davidrobertci@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 09:37:20 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Business Proposal.

GREAT MANCHESTER
UNITED KINGDOM
TEL: +44 79 618 150 15.

Dear Mr. Micheal Gallatin ,
I
am very happy to meet you and I want to enter into a business
relationship with you. I hope with God everything will do together
shall be prosper in Jesus name. My Name is
David Robert. The only son of Nelson Robert. And my late father was
wealth in Cocoa and Gold export merchandise in Economic Capital of
Ivory Coast ( Abidjan ). My Father died of heart attack in the
University Hospital of Paris (France) in May 2005.

I
am a student of University of Manchester in United Kingdom and I am
study Economics and English since I came from French speaking country
in West Africa .
Before my father died,
he Deposited a sums of 2.7Million Dollar (Two million and seven hundred
thousand united state Dollar) in a Security Company here in United
Kingdom . He wrote my Name as a Next of Kin since I am the only son of the family.

Sir,
I am soliciting your assistance to serve as my guardian to invest this
money on a very Lucrative Business in your country and handle the
business for me till I am Experience to stand on my own. I have the
document with me and if you want me to send it to you as soon as
possible, I will make it available.

Please,
do signify to assist and I will offer you compensation after a
successful Transaction to your Account in your country . I look forward
to read from you soon and please contact me on my telephone number as
above. May God Bless you.

Yours Faithfully,
David Robert.






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