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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:
  • ",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)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
  • "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.
  • toure_bintu03@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <toure_bintu03@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:44:24 +0900 (JST)
Subject: I will be waiting for your immediate response.

Hi Dear,

Hope this mail meets you well, please permit me to introduce my
self to you, my name is Miss.Toure Bintu , I am 22 years old, the
only child of Late Mr. George Bintu who was a famous cocoa merchant
based here in Abidjan , the Economic capital of Ivory Coast ( Cote
D'Ivoire). I am seeking for your assistance to help me transfer the
sum of (6,500,000.00) Six Million Five hundred Thousand United
State of American Dollars that I inherited from my late father to
your bank account.

I am willing to offer you 15% of the total fund as a mode of
compensation after the transfer .

All the necessary documents concerning this fund is intact. Please get back
to me ASAP through my private email address (toure_bintu03@yahoo.co.jp)
more details concerning this fund and I will equally send you my
photos so that you will see and know whom I am.

If you agree on this proposal and ready to assist me please
indicate by furnishing me with your phone and fax numbers including
your full address to enable easy communication between me and you.

l am wairing to hear from you soon.
Yours Faithfully,
Miss. Toure Bintu.





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