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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Bello Lukeman" <luke_bello01@latinmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 10:40:31 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM DR.BELLO LUKEMAN


FROM DR.BELLO LUKEMAN
ABIDJAN,IVORY COAST
WEST AFTRICA.

CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE.


DEAREST,

I AM WRITING THIS MAIL TO YOU FROM MY RESIDENCE BECAUSE OF HOW CONFIDENTIAL IT IS,THIS MAILCONTAINS SOME MATIRAILS AND SHOULD BE DELETED FROM YOUR MAILBOX IF YOUR UNABLE TO HELP ME OUT CONCERNING THE PROPOSAL.

I AM THE DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE IN A BANK HERE IN ABIDJANI AND MY COLLEAGUES HAVE AN AMOUNT OF 28 MILLION DOLLARS
BELONGING TO GEN ROBERT GUEI WHO WAS SHOT DEAD TOGETHER WITH ALL HIS FAMILY LAST SEPTEMBER BY THE GOVERNMANT SOLDIERS HERE ON THE ACCOSATION OF PLOTTING A FAILED COUP DE'TAT.THIS MONEYWAS 58 MILLION DOLLARS BUT SOME HAVE BEEN USED IN THE IPORTAION OF ARMS BY THE GENERAL UNTIL HE MET THE UNEXPECTED DEATH.

I HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS INVOLVED IN THE DEPOSITION AND WITHDRAWAL OF THE PART OF THE MONEY AND THE NEXT OF KIN WAS HIS PERSONAL SECURITY GUARD WHO ALSO MET HIS DEATH.NOW I WANT YOU TO STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN AND HELP ME TRANSFER THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY OUT FROM HERE.THIS BUSINESS IS 100% RISK FREE AND I WILL PREPARE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION AND PROVE THE SOURCE OF THE FUND BEFORE THE TRANSFER.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS BUSINESS INVOLVES I AND 5 OTHER TOP OFFICIALS IN THIS OUR BANK AND MUST NOT BE TAKEN AS A JOKE,i ADVICE YOU TO THINK VERY WELL BEFORE RESPONDING BECAUSE WE NEED A VERY STRONG HAND IN THIS TRANSACTION.

YOUR PERENTAGE AND OTHER IPORTANT DETAILS WILL BE DISCUSSED ONCE I CONFIRM YOUR READINESS IN HELPING IN THIS TRANSFER.

I AWAITS YOUR POSITIVE RESPONSE.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU.

DR BELLO LUKEMAN.



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