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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:
  • "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)
  • "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.
  • zuma_bullians2001@yahoo.co.jp

Fraud email example:

From: Zuma Bullians <zu_00027@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <zumabullians2003@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:29:19 +0100
Subject: AN ORPHAN crying for help.



AN ORPHAN crying for help.
i know that this proposal might be a surprise to you but it as an emergency to my critical condition here in Cote D'Ivoire Abijan, Be bless as you help me to transfer and invest this money in your ountry.My name is Zuma Bullians only son of ALMAMMY BULLIANS from the republic of Sudan in Central Africa Dafur, now seeking for help in refuge camp in Cote D' Ivoire under the(UNHCR)united nation high commission.i lost my mother when i was very small. My (late) father HON DR. ALMAMMY BULLIANS, who was the former ministre of finance and economy in Sudan before he was assasineted by the rebbles in the captal city of Khartoon 2003. And all my late father properties was totally destroyed. However, i managed to escape with some of my father's documents covering $18.500.000 Million dollars(Eighteen Million Five Hundered Thousand us dollars Only) which is presently deposited safely in a Bank here in Cote D' Ivoire Abijan West Africa on my name as the only son of the family and the next of kin is for forein business investment.i decided to run away because i was the next target as the only son of my family.
The documents covering $18.500.000 Million dollars(Eighteen Million Five Hundered Thousand us dollars Only)is intact with me here in refuge camp.please i need your help due to my critical conditio, please i want to further my education to your country this is very important in my life.my private email ( zuma_bullians2001@yahoo.co.jp )
contact me on Telephone +22505309204
i am given you the pastor contact informations email and telephone number to enable you to contact him so that he will send you the deposited documents and the bank contact infomation to enable the bank to remit the fund into your account. my church pastor promise me that he will help and make sure that this money transfer to your account so that i will further my education i am 23yrs old.i have decided to give you 40% of the total money as help God Bless you. Rev pastor Emmanuel Zulu Grace Of God Mission Church Abidjan Ivory Coast Tel + 225 064 084 73 pastoremmanuelzulu121@ozu.es
contact the pastor by telephone or by email tell him that you are my forein partiner he will give you all detail about this money.God Bless you as help out in this critical condition.
Thanks your son
Zuma Bullians


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