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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:

• 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:
  • "any lucrative business in your country" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • kabonga_martins200@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: " ngoy kabonga" <kabongamartins@wanadoo.es>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:34:46 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM MARTINS KABONGA


FROM : MARTINS KABONGA
ABIDJAN COTE 'D IVOIRE
WEST AFRICA.


HELLO ,

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WRITE TO YOU AFTER OUR SEVEN DAYS FASTING AND PRAYERS, l AM MARTINS KABONGA THE SON OF LATE MR ALFRED. N. KABONGA FROM SIERRA LOENE, I AM 27 YEARS OF AGE, MY FATHER OWNS A LIMITED OF COCOA AND GOLD BUSINESS IN SIERRA LOENE MY
COUNTRY.

AFTER HIS TRIP TO ABIDJAN COTE D?IVIORE TO NEGOTIATE ON A COCOA AND GOLD BUSINESS HE WANTED TO INVEST IN ABIDJAN . ONE WEEK HE CAME BACK FROM HIS TRIP TO ABIDJAN HE HAD A MOTOR ACCIDENT WITH MY MOTHER WHICH MY MOTHER DIED INSTANTLY BUT MY FATHER DIED AFTER FIVE DAYS IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN MY COUNTRY .

IT WAS LIKE MY FATHER KNEW HE WAS GOING TO DIE "MAY HIS GENTLE SOUL REST IN PREFECT PEACE" . HE DISCLOSED TO ME AND MY SISTER THAT HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF ($ 10,500,000) TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS INTO ONE OF THE BANK IN COTE D?IVIORE THAT THE MONEY WAS MEANT FOR HIS COCOA AND GOLD BUSINESS HE WANTED TO ESTABLISH IN ABIDJAN.

MY FATHER HANDED ME THE DOCUMENTS COVERING THE LODGMENT AND INSTRUCTED ME AND MY SISTER TO SEEK FOR A RELIABLE AND TRUST WORTHY PARTNER FOR OUR LIFE TIME INVESTMENT THAT IS WHY I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU , NOW I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN LOCATING THE BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN
AND I HAVE CONCLUDED WITH THE BANK MODALITIES OF TRANSFERRING THE MONEY TO AN ACCOUNT ABROAD BECAUSE OF THE AGREEMENT THE BANK REACH WITH MY LATE FATHER .

NOW I AM SOLICITING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO HELP ME PROVIDE AN ACCOUNT FACILITY WHERE I CAN TRANSFER THE MONEY INTO SO THAT WE CAN INVEST IT IN ANY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY BECAUSE THIS IS MY ONLY HOPE
IN LIFE ,MY SISTER AND I HAVE PROMISED TO GRATIFY YOU WITH 10% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE.

I AM WAITING ANXIOUSLY TO HEAR FROM YOU SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THE MODALITIES OF THIS TRANSACTION YOU CAN CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY FOR MORE DISCUSSION.THIS IS MY PRIVATE BOX YOU CAN REACH ME ON.

kabonga_martins200@myway.com


THANKS FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE

YOURS SINCERELY

MARTINS KABONGA AND THE SISTER

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