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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 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.
  • kaderevelyne@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Evelyne Kader <evelynekader1100@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: kaderevelyne@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:02:10 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: From Evelyne Coulibaly


From Evelyne Coulibaly
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
West Africa.

Dear Respectfuly One,

I am writing you this letter with due respect and harmful of tears since we have not meet or know each other before. I am miss Evelyne kader Coulibaly 21 Years old Girl from Côte d'Ivoire daughter of Mr Michell Coulibaly . I have 6.5 million USD which was made by my late Father before He died in oct 2007 which was left in a suspence account in a bank here in my country. I seek your permision to remmit this amount into your account so that I could come to your country for investment and to further my studies and live a free life because my life is in denger here now please i need your urgent respond to help me out. I accept to offer you a resonable percentage from the total sum for your desire to assist me. Please reply immediately so that i will give you more details and bank contacts . ( kaderevelyne@yahoo.com )

Your Best Regards.
Miss Evelyne Coulibaly




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