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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:
  • "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)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • +22505267088 (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.
  • k_bakou2005@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: kate bakou <k_bakou2005@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:53:15 +0200
Subject: From: Kate Bakou.




From: Kate Bakou.
Abidjan Cote D'ivoire West Africa.

Hotel De La Grace

Telephone 00225 0526 7088

Good Day,

I wish to solicit your help in migrating to your country and investing my funds. My name is Kate Bakou I am the son of late Mr and Mrs Bakou, Before the death of My father he was a big exporter of Cocoa and coffee in Cote D'ivoire. My father and my mother was killed by the rebels group in Cote D'ivoire.

Before the death of My father he give me a secret concerning a deposit he made in bank in Abidjan West Africa. He deposit the sum of US$10.million dollars in my name.

My fathers relatives made some attempts on my life in order to inherite my fathers wealth. Due to this attitude of my father's relatives, I decided to run to Abidjan where i am presently living in a hotel.



Among the valuables was a file that contained details of the deposit my late father made with the bank in Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire

I am sincerely solicit your assistance to help me move the moeny for investment in your country. Your reward for the assistance your are to render to me is negotiable.Reply to this Email address: k_bakou2005@yahoo.fr [mailto:k_bakou2005@yahoo.fr]



Remain Blessed
Kate Bakou.



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