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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:
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "trunk boxes" (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)
  • "million united states 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)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • +22502989007 (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.
  • solomon.a2009@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "solomon abraham" <solomon.a2009@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:14:59 +0000
Subject: This informaitions from solomon abraham.


From :Solomon Abraham.
From :Abidjan-Cote D'Ivoire.
E-mail :solomon.a2009@gmail.com

Greeting,

It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration since i can not see
you face to face. Being the only son of my late father (Dr.Joseph Abraham
from Zulu in the Republic of South Africa) I am 19 years old. My father was
a limited liability Export and Import Petrol Fuel Quality Standard and
Diamond, Gold, Cacao, merchant before his death, precisely one month and
three weeks after his return from a City in Cote D'Ivoire Called, Bouake
where he went to negotiate for a Cacao business in Cote D'Ivoire.

I has a News resulted of a car accident (May His Soul Rest In Peace A men)
but before he died, as if he knew He disclosed to me that he was deposited.
This sum of money ($252,Million) Two hundred and Fifty two million United
States Dollars inside a private security company in Cote D'Ivoire and this
money was meant from the Gold Business In Ghana. He wanted to establish with
the money in the new Capital développement airlie of Cote D'Ivoire called,
Yamoussoukro he has a car accident May His Soul Rest In Peace A men.

All is throught according to My father he put this money inside a trunk
boxes and deposited the trunk boxes inside a private security company in
Cote D'Ivoire, but he was decleard it as Artcraft. He told Director of
security company? He gave me (1) deposited certificates (2) Agreement papers
(3) Reciepted of paidement slip, So that we can withdrawal back the trunk
boxes inside that security company enough moment will need to invest the
money in your country.

Presently now i have arrived in (Abidjan Inside Cote D'Ivoire) located this,
Vigilant Assistance Finance Intervention Guardian Security Company Abidjan
Cote D'Ivoire In West African and comfirmed the trunk boxes the really
contening is money inside. My late father deposited inside that security
company? Secret for safe keeping of the money befor he died in the hospital
please with most honest and confidentiality i solicite ask for your assist
to help me travel down into the Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire.

And Act as My late father foreign beneficiary business partnership to the
director of security company in his office to withdrawal the trunk boxes
inside his security company and also move the money that is inside the trunk
boxes to a foreign bank account in the abroad. So that we would invest it in
any lucrative business which you would introduce to me over there as you can
see, this money is my only hope in life, so i would like to invest it in the
good investement move business in your country which you can introduce to me
over there.

You can contact with me, immediately through this Hotel residence telephone
number (00225 02989007) so we will discuss more about modality of this
transaction. Mean while i am promised to offer you 15% of that total sum of
money for your kind assist me immediately.

Thanks you and May God Bless Us All, into this come investement of this
money in your country A men.

Your sincerely

Solomon Abraham.

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