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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "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)
  • "million us 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)
  • "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.
  • katelamine1@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "micheal lamine" <mike1@fastwebmail.it>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:57:27 +0000
Subject: FROM MRS KATE LAMINE


FROM MRS KATE LAMINE
HOTEL LA GRACE COCODY
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE
Telephone: 00 225 07 46 57 35.

Please respond to this Email katelamine1@yahoo.fr


Dear,

COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON. I wish to solicit your help in migrating to your
country and investing my funds.Briefly,


I am an Ivoiran National and the wife of late Dr TONY LAMINE.Until his
death, my husband was the General overseer of the COCO and Coffe Mine in
Bouake Cote d' ivoire. On April 6 2001 the military forces loyal to the
Government of Lurean Gbagbo invaded the Coco and Coffe and assassinated my
husband, mistaking him for his brother MIKE LAMINE,who is the deputy to the
leader of the revolutionary United Front (RUF ) FODAY Bouake.When the news
reached me, I hurried gathered some valuables in our family villa and
escaped for my dear life in the company of my only son Micheal.

Among the valuables was a file that contained details of a deposit my
husband made in a security company in Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire. He deposited
25.5 million US dollars contained in a trunk box in the name of our son
MICHAEL as containing family valuables money he made from the sale of Coco
and Coffe during his time as the General overseer. Now that we are in
Abidjan and verified the transaction, we need your assistance to move this
funds out of Côte d'Ivoire for investment in your country as we cannot
invest here due to its nearness to our country and the war still going on
there. We ask you to scout for a viable and lucrative business, so that we
can invest wisely. We have it in mind to give your 10% of the total sum
(25.5 million US Dollars), and 15% share in any investment we will embark
upon if you assist us.


We will also set aside 5% of the funds for ancillary expenses which you will
make in course of this transaction- fax messages, phone calls, air tickets
etc.

This fortune we have revealed to you should remain confidential as it only
you who we have told about it.The phone number above have been acquierd for
this transaction, so that your messages will be confidentially recieved.
Call my son Micheal 00 225 07 46 57 35 on receipt of this message for
futher directives. Note that this transaction is risk free.


Best regards


MRS KATE LAMINE.

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