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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:
  • "transfer into your account" (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)
  • "my direct line" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
  • "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.
  • +22505223941 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: jerome kouakou <jerome_kouakou030@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <jerome_kouakou010@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 13:58:59 +0200
Subject: URGENT TREATMENT NEEDED PLEASE




5/6/07

BUREAU DE DG.JEROME KOUAKOU DIRECTEUR GENERAL BIAO BANQUE ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIREBANQUE INTERNATIONALE POUR L' AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE
8-10 Av. Joseph Anoma, 01 BP 1274 - ABIDJAN
ATTENTION

MR BIEBERE

DEAR THANKS SOMUCH FOR YOUR MAIL THIS DAY.I AM WRITING FROM OFFICE .TO BE QUIET CONVICED ALL THE DOCUMENTS REGARDS TO THIS FUND WILL BE SEND TO YOU AS SOON AS I HEAR POSITIVELY FROM YOU .AND ALSO YOU CAN VISTE THE WEBSITE OF THE CRASH ON THE DAY IT TOOK PLACE .

AND AGAIN I CAN USE MY POSITION TO TRANSFER THE FUND TO OUR CORRESPONDENCE BANK IN SPAIN OR DUBAI THERE YOU CAN EASLY GET IN CONTACT WITH THE BANK FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.FIRST OF FOREMOST I WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO WEREVER BANK I WILL TRANSFER THE FUND THAT YOU ARE THE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUND AND FOREIGN BUSINESS PARTNER TO LATE MR PATRICE XAVIER WHO DIED ON THE PLAN CRASH.

WHAT I NEEDED FROM YOU IS YOU TO SEND ME YOUR INFORMATION SUCH AS BANK ACCOUNT YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORTS YOUR FULL ADDRESS AND YOUR DIRECTE TELEPHONE NUMBER.SO THAT I CAN FORWARDS IT TO BANK TO ENABLE US COMMENCE ON THE TRANSFER OF THEN FUND INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.AS SOON AS THE FUND IS CONFIRM INTO ACCOUNT .I WILL QUIT MY JOB TO JOIN YOU FOR THE SHARE OF THE FUND.AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS QUIT BUSINESS AFFAIR AND IT S NEED VERY CONFIDENTIAL FOR SECURITY REASONS .AND I ASK YOU TO CALL ME ON MY DIRECT LINE (+22505223941)FOR FUTHER DETAILS AND INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER

YOURS CO_COPERATION NEEDED.DG .JEROME KOUAKOU BIAO BANK ABIDJAN COTE

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