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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:
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22508933225 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • davrotamh030@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: rotamhdavid61@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:27:58 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20DAVID=20ROTAMH=20=28URGENT=29?=

>FROM DAVID ROTAMH (URGENT)
+225 08933225
email: davrotamh030@yahoo.com
Abidjan Republic of Cote D'Ivoire.West Africa

Dear,

I got your name and contact from a trust-worthy person who assured me of
your integrity and that you will help me to invest,
i promise you total honesty and i will furnish you with all veritable proof
so that you know what you are getting into and what percentage to expect
for your asistance.
I am Master David Rotamh the only Son of late Mr and Mrs Rotamh wetabah
a citizen of Sierra Leone.

I want to invest in your country my father on 13th july 2007 in ahospital
here in cote d'ivoire, secretly told me that he has a sum of (USD $3.5 M
U.S DOLLARS) which he deposited in a bank here in Cote D'ivoire. he made
this money from the sales of Gold,
He also told me that it was because of this money that he was poisoned
by his business patners while on a business trip with them and he instructed
me to look for a foreign partner who will help me transfer this money out
of republic of Cote Divoire to
your country since there is still war in sierra leone and invest it for
me, my purpose of contacting you is for you to help me transfer this money
to your country before this people who kill my father will kill me ,

I'm now hiding my self here in republic of Cote Divoire please i need
your urgent help, Tell me how much percentage you will take in the total
money of the $3.5 M Dollars to help me in
transfering this money to your account.


l hope you will not betray the trust i have on you because this money is
only hope in this life ,and moreover you will also help me to come over
to your country where i will settle down for my life and continue my education.

I am waiting to hear from you,
David Rotamh
+225 08933225





davrotamh030@yahoo.com

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