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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "your country for safe keeping" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "paul bambah" <bbpaul03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: bpaul_y6k006@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:47:36 +0100
Subject: From Paul Bambah

From Paul Bambah
Cote D Ivoire

Dear Sir,

I am aware that we have never seen each other before,neither have we
exchanged any form of formal contract or correspondence before. I am equally
aware that this world is full of dishonest people I am Paul Bambah from
Republic of Cote D Ivoire in West Africa,My dad was a cocoa dealer,befor the
faithful day he met is death in the hands of the rebel who killed him.My
families were captured in Bouaka, on the first day the war started,and my
father was assassinated with my mother by the assassinators, my mother dead
instantly but my father dead later after two days at the hospital.On that
faithful day. my father disclosed to me that he deposited, (the sum of
10,500,000.00 Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in a Security
company in (Abidjan).Presently I am here in Abidjan,the capital city of Cote
D Ivoire. I am desperately in need to move and re-locate this huge deposit
to your country for safe keeping as this is the only wealth remaining for
the future survival.Please endavour to email me back for further
clarifications over this issue.

Remain blessed ,

Regards

Paul Bambah

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