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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "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)
  • "contract review panel" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • abdul_gumel2000@terra.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: abdul gumel <daabdul9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <abdul_gumel2000@terra.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:32:16 +0000
Subject: From Dr. Abdul Aziz Gumel.



From Dr. Abdul Aziz Gumel. Chairman Contract Review Panel, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire. West Africa. DEAR FRIEND.
First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction. This by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and TOP SECRET.
I got your contact in our search for a foreign partner who has the Ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of great magnitude involving a pending business transaction requiring maximum confidence.
We are top officials of the Federal Government contract review panel who are interested in investment in your country with funds which are presently trapped here in Cote D Ivoire. In other to commence this Business, we solicit your assistance to enable us transfer into your Account the said trapped funds.
The source of this fund is as follows: During the last regime here of General Robert Guei in Cote D Ivoire, some government official's set up companies and awarded themselves contracts which were grossly over Invoiced in various ministries.
The government set up a contract review panel and we have identified a lot of inflated contracts funds which are presently deposited in a BANK here in Abidjan, Cote D Ivoire. However, by virtue of our position as civil servants and members of this panel, we can not be able to acquire this money on our own.
I therefore have been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues to look for an overseas partner into whose account we would transfer the total sum of USD$15,500,000.00 [FIFTEEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS].
Hence we are writing you this letter. We agreed to share the money thus:
[1] 10% FOR THE ACCOUNT OWNER [YOU] [2] 10% FOR MICSELLENIOUS EXPENSES [3] 80% FOR US [THE OFFICALS]
It is from the 80% that we wish to go into investments with you in your country and you will also stand as our foreign agent over there. Please note that this transaction is 100% safe and we hope to commence the transaction latest seven [7] days from the date of the receipt of the following information bellow.
[A] COMPANYS NAME BENEFICIARY OF ACCOUNT. [B] YOUR PERSONAL TELEPHONE NUMBER AND FAX NUMBERS. [C] BANK ACCOUNT/SORT/ABA/ROUTING NUMBERS WHICH THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFERED TO. [D] YOUR BANK ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBERS/FAX NUMBERS.
The above information will enable us commence the transfer of this funds into your account in your country without delay. We are looking forward to doing this business with you and solicit your confidentiality in this transaction. I will bring you into the complete picture of this pending project when I hear from you.
You can also get back to me through my alternative EMAIL:[abdul_gumel2000@terra.com
Kind regards, Dr.Abdul Aziz Gumel
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