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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 orphan scam.
• 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.
  • +22507711719 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Raymond Konan" <ray.konan@katamail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ray.konan1@katamail.com
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:14:28 +0200
Subject: Your Kind Assistance Will Be Appreciated

From: Raymond Konan
Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire
West - Africa.

Dear Friend,

I am writing to intimate you of a matter that requires
your urgent assistance.

I am Raymond Konan, the only son of late Mr.and Mrs.
Benard Konan. My father was a very wealthy cocoa
merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory
Coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business
associates in one of their outings on a business trip.

My mother died when I was a baby and since then, my
father took me so special. Before the death of my
father on June 2003 in a private hospital here in
Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside and told
me that he has the sum of Eight Million, Five
Hundred Thousand US Dollars (US$8,500,000) left in a fixed/
suspense account in one of the Prime Banks here in
Abidjan, that he used my name as his only son for the
next of kin in depositing the fund. He also
explained to me that it was because of his wealth
that he was poisoned by his business associates. That
I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my
choice where I will transfer this money and use it for
investment purpose such as real estate management or
hotel management.

As it stands now, I am asking your assistance in the
following ways:

1) To serve as a guardian of this fund.

2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your
country to further my education and to secure a
resident permit for me in your country.

3) You will be in-charge of any viable business venture which
we will go into in your country with the funds, while i
continue my education.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the
total sum as compensation for your effort/input after
the successful transfer of this fund into your
nominated account overseas and 5% has been ear-marked
to take care of expenses at the end of the transfer.

Furthermore, you indicate your options towards
assisting me as I believe that this transaction would
be concluded within (14) days you signify your
interest to assist me.

Anticipating To Hear From You Soon.

Thanks and God bless!

Raymond Konan
Tel: +225 0771 1719

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