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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +22507003836 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: mariam kamarah <mariam_kamarah50@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:41:27 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: From:Madam Mariam Kamarah


From;Madam Mariam Kamarah

Tel;225 07003836.

My Dear,

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business
venture which I and my Son Musa intend to establish in
your country.Though I have not met with you before but
I believe one has to risk confiding in to succeed
sometimes in life.

I can confide on you for the brighter future of my
children since you are a human being like me. There is
this huge amount of Fifteen Million five hundred
thousand united states dollars. ($15.500.000.00) which
my late Husband kept for us with a Security Company
here in Abidjan Cote D'ivoire before he was
assasinated by unknown persons.Now I and my son Musa
decided to invest these money in your country or
anywhere safe enough for security and political
reasons.

We want you to help us claim and retrieve these fund
from the Security company and transfer it into your
personal account in your country for investment
purposes on these areas:

1). Telecommunication
2). the transport industry
3). Five star hotel

If you can be of an assistance to us we will be
pleased to offer to you 10% Of the total fund.

You can call my son Musa for more explanation on this
number: 00225 07003836.

I await your soonest response.

Respectfully yours,

Mrs Mariam Kamarah.




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