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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "million 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)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • mrsfcamara@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mrs fatimata camara" <mrs_camara2@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: mrsfcamara@hotmail.fr
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:48:03 +0100
Subject: From Mrs Fatimata Camara

From Mrs Fatimata Camara
Email: mrsfcamara@hotmail.fr , 

My Dear,
 I hope You will acknowledge this mail in good faith, believing you are a honest and trustworthy person. I believe you will not betray the confidence I am willing to repose in you, for me to have contact you even though we've not met or known each other before. I am Mrs. Fatimata Camara,of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire. My late husband Mr. Hassan Camara, was the chairman Cacao-Cafe & Agro-Alimentary industries plc. SCAFECAO)"Bouake and also one of the personal adviser to the former head of state during the Military regime. You can find the story on this  website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2269238.stm

On 19th of September 2002,a group of so called rebels took over the city of Bouake to over-throw the Government of Mr. Laurent Gbagbo the President of Cote d'Ivoire. On the 20th day morning at about 4:18 am some fractions of the same group of rebels break into our house and killed our security guard and pass-through the gate entrance to the main building and took my Husband away to an un-known destination.

After about four hours later we found him (my husband) at the road side, by then he had been totally beaten and was bleeding to death lying in the pool of his own blood. From there, we rushed him to a near by hospital and hours later he sent for me. So he told me that he can not make it from the doctors diagnosis, he also told me that it was because he (my husband) was from the northern part of the country that he has been treated this way and also being a political activist. And again he said he is suspecting some of his business partners for conspiracy and this sort of brutality.

He also told me that he deposited a huge amount of money i.e US$ 10.5 million dollars (Ten million five hundred thousand us dollars only)in a Finance House in Europe and also told me where he kept the whole documents concerning this deposit that is made for investment purpose in the western world. That same day, he (my husband) gave up the ghost. Then with the help of the French soldiers, I and my only son escaped to Port Novo Benin Republic where we are now under(UNHCR). I have been in contact with the Finance House in Europe to know on how they shall release/transfer the deposit to me,they made me to understand that our status as refugee will not warrant them to deal with me and my son directly, so the advice me to look for person of my choice that will stand and make the transfer on my behalf.

Meanwhile, I am saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foreign personality to help me transfer the money over, I am now contacting you believing you are honest and trustworthy to assist me and my only Son to receive the money into your account / Our relocating and investing the money into any lucrative business you deem profitable there in your Country. All my hope now rests on you,I sincerely believe you will not disappoint me, I am expecting your immediate reply, so that I will forward to you the contact of the Finance House in Europe. I have decided in compensating you with 20% of the total amount for your assistance. Please do take your time to go through the mail and get back to me, so that I will simply introduce you to the Bank where the fund are being kept now for onward transfer.

I am waiting for your response via my private email: mrsfcamara@hotmail.fr
Mrs Fatimata Camara.

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