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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +2250800690 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?mary=5Fbakuma@aklan=2Ecom?=" <mary_bakuma@aklan.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 01:10:26 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Reactie_van_mary=5Fbakuma@aklan=2Ecom?=

De onderstaande reactie is afkomsting van www=2EAdvertentiesOnline=2Enl waar=
u een advertentie heeft geplaatst:

mary=5Fbakuma@aklan=2Ecom

From;Madam Mary Bakuma
Tel;225 0800 6902=2E

My Dear,

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to es=
tablish in your country=2E

Though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk confidin=
g in his fellow human being to succeed sometimes in life=2E

I want to confide on you for a brighter future of my two sons since you are =
a human being like me=2E

There is this huge amount of Fifteen Million five hundred thousand United St=
ates dollars ($15=2E500=2E000=2E00) which my late husband deposited with a B=
ank here in Abidjan Cote D'ivoire before he was assassinated by unknown pers=
ons=2E

Now I decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe enough f=
or security and political reasons=2E

I need you to help me claim and retrieve this fund from the Bank and transfe=
r it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes you =
may advice us=2E

If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 10% =
Of the total fund=2E

You can call my son Musa for more explanation on this number: 00225 0800 690=
2

I await your soonest response=2E

Respectfully yours,

Mrs Mary Bakuma & Son Musa=2E

mary=5Fbakuma@aklan=2Ecom

Ik ben te bereiken via telefoonummer: of bereik me via E-mail

Met vriendelijke groet

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