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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "the consignment " (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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: saide kabila <saide_kobik_abila6@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mr_saide_kobi_kabila4@hotmail.fr>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 17:21:50 +0200
Subject: Hello dearest one,



Hello dearest one,

I saw your profile i decided to send you this message how ever, i will like you to read all the message i sent you then you get back to me.
I am Mr.Saide kobi kabila , from Democratic Republic of Congo. there is an information I would like you to keep very confidential, there is a sum ammount of money my Father (Late President Laurent Kabila), deposited in a bank in Abidjan Cote d'ivoire africa for safe keeping, before he was killed by his eldest millitary son. the squable happened as immediately we returned back from our london trip. my late father married three wives. while my mother is the second wife. Mrs.Sifa Maanya Kabila, I will not be able to give you the full details that led to that urgly incidents right now. the eldest son is the current President of our country now (JOSEPH KABILA.) for now I am staying in abidjan, the capital of Republic of Cote d'voire africa, just to save my life, with my mother Mrs.Sifa Maanya Kabila , the money in question, is 17 Million U.S.Dollars. I can not make the withdrawal of this fund, because my late father, registered the beneficiary of the fund as his (Foriegn Bussiness Patner,) and also (Family valuables as the content of the deposit,) the documents of the deposit are with me.
What I would want you to do is to assist me to get the consignment withdrawn from the bank, and we shall open a small account in a bank here in your name, and transfer the money to your country through the account .we shall change the name foriegn patner to your own name, because the code was used for security reason. I will give you 25% of the total money for your assitance. there is no risk in this transaction. I will use the remaining balance of the money for an investiment in your country for the future of my life and my mother,i am the only son of Mrs, Sifa Maanya Kabila, If you are intrested and can maintain this very confidential of this transaction,you e-mail me immediately for more clearification, and also note that I am a refugee in abidjan, Cote d' lvoire with my mother, becuase of the assasination of my late father, and the civil war going on in our country Democratic Republic of Congo. Please reply immediately you receive this email for further information or call me.+ 225 08 4946 91

thank you very muchMr.Saide kobi kabila .
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