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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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 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.
  • miss_bakari@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Miss Sadeth Coulibaly <sadeth14@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:20:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Miss Sadeth Coulibaly



From Miss Sadeth Coulibaly.
Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire.
West Africa.
Avenue 12 Rue Reine Abla Poku,
12 Bp 7854 Abj 12, Cote D'Ivoire.

=A0
Dearest one,


It is my pleasure to write you after=A0 consideration,=A0 since I can not b=
e able to see you face to face, at first,=A0 please I need your help.=A0 I =
am Miss Sadeth Coulibaly,the only=A0Daughter of late Mr & Mrs Bakari Coulib=
aly,=A0from=A0 Cote D'Ivoire. (I am 22years of age.) My father was a liabil=
ity Cocoa and Gold merchant in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire before his untimely de=
ath.=A0 After his business trip to Tunisia, to nagociate on a cocoa and gol=
d business he wanted to invest in Tunisia,=A0 a week after he came back=A0 =
from Tunisia, he got an accident with my mother of which my mother died ins=
tantly but my father died five days after in a private hospital. On that fa=
ithful afternoon, I didn t know that my father was going to leave me after =
I had earlier lost my mother,=A0 but before he gave up the ghost, it was as=
if he knew he was going to die.=A0 He my father, (MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PER=
FECT PEACE)=A0 he called me to his bed side and told me that he deposited t=
he sum
of ($12,500,000.00) Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars in a b=
ank here in=A0 Cote D'Ivoire.=20
=A0
That the money was meant for his cocoa and Gold business he wanted to estab=
lish in Tunisia,=A0 according to my father he deposited the money in a fixe=
d suspense account using my name as the next of kin, He instructed me to se=
ek=A0 for a reliable and trust worthy business partner for my life time inv=
estment abroad.=A0 Now I have succeeded in locating the deposit documents a=
nd the bank where this money is here in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire.=A0 Due to w=
ar in my country=A0 Cote D'Ivoire., I am now seeking for your assistance to=
help me transfer this money out from my country Cote D'Ivoire to your acco=
unt abroad so that we should invest it in any meaningful and lucrative busi=
ness in your country because this is my only hope in life.=A0 I am willing =
to offer you 15% of the total fund if only you can help me out of my presen=
t predicame.
=A0
I seek your assistance in the follwing ways:

(1.) To provide a bank account where this money can be transfered into.
(2.) To make arrangements for me to come over to your country after the suc=
cessful transfering of this money into your account, to come and further my=
education.
(3.) To help invest this money in a profitable business since I am only 22y=
rs of age and do not know much about business.=20
(4) To sponsor me transfer this money into your account,
(5). I want you to promise me that you are not going to betray me after the=
money gets into your account.
=A0
The worst part of it is that my uncle is trying to kill me over this money =
because=A0I refused to hand him over the documents covering this money, He =
has sold all my father's landed properties including his cars which rightfu=
l belong to me and now he want me to hand over the banking document of my f=
ather in my possesion which I refused. Now he said that he will have this m=
oney by all means even if it means killing me, so because of this I ran awa=
y from home and hide in a hotel,pending when this money will be transfered =
so that I can leave the country for my safty.
=A0
=A0Pls contact me through my private email box for security reasons:=20



miss_bakari@yahoo.com
=A0
=A0
Please reply=20

Thank's and God bless you.=20
Yours sincerely,=A0=A0=20
Miss Sadeth Coulibaly




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