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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)
  • "transfer into your account" (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 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.
  • bonus_box2009@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <jean_abbas11@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:48:40 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FROM JEAN ABBAS!!

FROM JEAN ABBAS
ABIDJAN,IVORY COAST
TEL:(00225)09214628
Alternative EMAIL:bonus_box2009@yahoo.co.jp

DEAR ONE,

I AM JEAN ABBAS,THE ONLY SON AND OF LATE CHIEF PETER ABBAS MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN,BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS ASSOCIATES.

BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY LATE FATHER IN A HOSPITAL HERE,HE TOLD ME OF HIS (US$15.5M)THAT HE DEPOSITED IN A ONE OF THE SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE.I WAS ALSO MADE THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE MONEY.HE DECLARED THE TRUNK BOX THAT CONTAINS THIS MONEY AS A "FAMILY VALUABLES" TO THE SECURITY COMPANY.BECAUSE HE
DOESN'T WANT THEM TO KNOW THE REAL CONTENT OF THE BOX,JUST FOR SECURITY REASONS.

I WANT YOU TO ASSIST ME IN RETRIEVING OF THIS MONEY AND LOGDGED IT INTO A LOCAL ACCOUNT OVER THERE IN EUROPE FOR AN ONWARD TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.PLEASE,YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NEEDED.


BEST REGARDS,

JEAN ABBAS






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