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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan 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.
  • max_well02@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: maxwell kouassi <max_well_kouassi1010@yahoo.it>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 21:16:12 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Urgent From Maxwell kouassi


MR MAXWELL KOUASSI
ILOT 14 PLATEAU DOKOUI
ABIDJAN
COTE D¨Ivoire
WEST AFRICA
con tact me here max_well02@yahoo.com

GREETINGS,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you.
I am Maxwell Kouassi , the only son of late Mr and Mrs Abraham Kouassi ,My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan,the economic capital of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discus on a business deal.

When my mother died on the 1st October 1989, my father took me and my younger sister special because we are motherless. Before the death of my father on 10th June 2004 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of $10.500.000 ( Ten Million, five hundred thousand dollars) left in a suspense account in a Bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as his first son for the next of kin in deposit of the fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge amount of money his business associates supposed to balance his from the deal they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose. If my proposition is considered, for assisting us to transfer this money to your country, we will offer you 20% of the total fund, and 5% of the total will be set aside to cover any expenses incurred during this transaction.

75%will be for my family to invest in your Country/Company under your supervision. I would appreciate confidentiality and honesty in our correspondence. Your immediate response will be highly welcomed.


Thanks and God Bless.

Mr Maxwell Kouassi

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