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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "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.
  • aboabira@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Aboa Bira" <aboabira@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 09:28:43 +0000
Subject: From Aboa Bira

>From Aboa Bira
Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire.
Phone: +22508564308
Alt.Email: aboabira@yahoo.fr

Good Day and God bless as I introduce my self to you with all faith, trust and hope you will understand me to assist us and
not to betray us at the end.

I am 20 Years old, my father died about 3 years ago in a gold mine in Mende, Republic of Serria Leone . He was into legal
gold minning,he has succeded in saving $8.6 millions dollars during his Business on Gold, before he went on a trip to
Republic of Cote D'Ivoire West Africa near by country to our country to save his money for security reasons because of the
political problem in our country.

I need help from you to help me transfer this money to your country for investment and who will be sincere to invert me to his
country with out cheating me or doing bad to me on my arraival with my sister, I'm willing to give you 15% of the money after
the transfer of the money , please mail me immidately urgent to know your stands before looking else where you're the first
person i'm contacting.
Please permit me to ask Can you honestly help me as your own person and can I completely trust you.

Please,Treat this email confidential and get back to me as soon as possible.

Sincerely Yours,
Aboa Bira .

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