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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "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)
  • "hundred thousand united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • nora.bakubar05@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Nora Bakubar <nora.bakubar05@yahoo.ca>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:11:19 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: FROM: Nora Bakubar


FROM: Nora Bakubar
AVE 7 LOT 180 ABIDJAN
COTE D'IVOIRE WEST AFRICA
E-MAIL. nora.bakubar05@yahoo.ca

Dear one,


I want to explain and review my predicament to you, My
father was a highly reputable business man (a cocoa
merchant and suppulier of agro allied material ) who
operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days. It is sad tsay that he passed away mysteriously in France
during one of his business trips abroad in february last
year.

Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to
have been masterminded by my uncle who travelled with him
at that time. But God knows the truth! My mother died when I was just 4 years old, and since then my father took me so special. Before his death on february last year, he told me about a box he concealed the sum of Eight million, Five hundred thousand United State Dollars.(USD$8.500,000) deposited in one of the security company's here in Abidjan Ivory coast West Africa, which he disguised and declared the box to contain family valuables instead of money, by this way the company does not know the true content of the box and He registered the consignment using my name of beneficiary or next of kin to be his business forighn partner living overseas. I have in my possesion the deposit document which the company gave to my late father when he deposited the box with the security company. I really don't know what to do.

This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a
result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast.
The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life.I am in a sincere desire of your assistance in this regards.

I will like you to help me and contact the company as the beneficiary or next of kin for the claim of the box so that I can come over to your country and continue my Education there while you look for a very good lucretive bussiness you can invest on since i am still too young to handle a business that will need such huge amount of money.Because since the death of my father,things has not been easy for me due to my uncle who killed my father also wants to eliminate me because of my fathers landed properties inorder to claim them,I managed to escape from my fathers house to a nearby town where i am now hiding in one of my old school friend because he is still insearch of me.As soon as i hear from you i will forward the contact of the security company and the Deposit certificate.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-

1. Can you honestly and willingly help me as your sister?
2. Can I completely trust you?

3. What percentage of the total amount in question
will be good for you after the money is in your country?

Please, Consider this and get back to me as soon as
possible. Thank you so much,

NOTE: Please reply me through my private email
nora.bakubar05@yahoo.ca
for security reasons
Nora Bakubar




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