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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:
  • "hundred thousand united state 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)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +22508773769 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: don mike <don1_mike2005@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:51:20 +1000 (EST)
Subject: Hello dear : Urgent reply please.


Hello dear ,


Please don't be embarrassed because we have not met before , I am Chief : Mr Don Mike , I wish to request for your assistance in a financial transaction . I get your contact from your site. I wish to invest with you in SHIPPING COMPANY or Manufacturing Company management with you in your country .


Now my dear , I have Fifteen Million , Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ( $15.500, 000 .00 ) to invest in this Business transaction and I will require your assistance in receiving the fund in your account in your country for the investment of the fund with you . Please i want you to know that this transaction is 100% sure of Quarantee Transaction // LEGAL and for your information , i have concluded with the bank to make the transfer as soon as i reach an agreement with you , to received the funds and assure me that you will be very honest as i have trusted you after going through your profile before i contact you . Please you should send me your direct / cell number or telephone number with your adress and a COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION Documentation for more trust between both of us .

I will gladly JOINED you after you have confirmed the Fund in the account of your choice which you will provide to receive the fund into and Please you are freee to ask any question regarding the transfer because it's true that we have not met before , but one have to risk sometime in life to get what we needs.
i don't really know if you are where of the political crisis going on right now in this country. so we really have to act very fast to get the funds out of this country to your country for the investment as i have told you .

It will be very important you contact me immediately after going through my Business proposal for you, my cell number is +225 0877 3769 for further explanation , you can reach me immediately.


I will be waiting your immediate respond as soon as posible. ( God bless you )
Chief : Mr Don Mike .


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