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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "with absolute secrecy" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • solomondoud@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: solomon doudou <solomonddou@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:21:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Privatte To You!!



FROM:MR.SOLOMON DOUDOU

ATTN:

My name is Mr. SOLOMON Doudou the only son of the interior minister Emile
Boga Doudou of Cote'Ivoire (Ivory coast) who was killed in the September 19,2002 mutiny that equally lead to the death of former millitary junta Robert Guei. This you can find on web page. CNN.com - Ivory Coast Rebel Uprising Spreads http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/09/21/ivory/index.html

However,let it not be surprising to you that I am contacting you through this media.Although,I have not gotten any Previous correspondence with you.I am personally contacting you out of my desire to save my late Father's hard earned wealth for a better life for mine following the political change in Cote'Ivoire.During the tenure of my late father, he had planned that immediately he completes his time in office, that we shall leave the shore of Africa to any Western Country to live the rest of our lives as the political/economy of Africa is very unstable for any business investment.He was backing up his plans with some serious accumulation of wealth in a neighbouring West African Country, Lome-ToGO and he had deposited the sum of $15.5m.(fifteen million five hundred thousand United States Dollars) before this urgly incidence of September 19, 2002.Following his sudden death,I am soliciting your assistance to provide me with a foreign bank account.which can be an account with
zero credit balance so that I can apply for the transfer of the afore-mentioned sum in pretence that you were a foreign partner to my late Father.This I will execute using the influence of my late father in order to give the transaction the ought-most diplomatic coverage that it deserves by incorporating your business name here in Lome-Togo for easy transfer.

Be reminded that this transaction is 100% risk free.I hereby agree to compensate you with 20% of the total sum once the fund gets to your account,which will take only fourteen working days upon receipt of your assistance acceptance confirmation. In the same trend, for the security of this transaction, all correspondence should be via Email only as my telephone calls are being monitored at the moment as the political situation is still very tense.you should however treat this transaction with absolute secrecy.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation while looking forward to
your quick response with your full contact details.

You may contact me on my alternative-email/solomondoud@myway.com

Best Regards
Mr Solomon Doudou

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