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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:
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "my direct telephone number" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
  • "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.
  • +22508419815 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Kingsley Kamara <kingsleykamara83@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: kingsleykamara1000@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:15:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: business proposal


Dear ,
I am Mr Kingsley Kamara the only child of late Chief Joseph Kamara , former Director of Ivorien foods plc Abidjan Coted i voire. I am currently living in my country Cote d ivoire. As the only child of my father, before his death he informed me of the sum of £8,700,000.00 (Eight million seven hundred thousand pounds sterling only) which he deposited in a bank in London- United Kingdom with my name as next of kin.
I want to travel out of Coted Ivoire and relocate, due to the insecurity posed by rebel activities here, with this money tranferred into your nominated account for investment in your country as my nominated beneficiary and guardian. I will give you the contact of the bank so that you can call the Bank in London as my legal guardian to confirm all that i told you aswell arrange for the transfer. Please you shall also innitiate good investment, which I will invest the money prudently as soon as I join you over.
I promise to give you 15% of the total sum as your reward for assisting me. Do not hesitate to contact me immediately you receive this message for detailed information . Also forward your direct telephone number for easier communication including your id for proper identification. my direct telephone number : +225 0841 9815
Yours Truely,
Kingsley Kamara


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