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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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)
  • "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.
  • +22508676898 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • ouattara_david10@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ouattara david" <ouattara_david44@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ouattara_david10@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:39:00 +0000
Subject: FROM MR.OUATTARA DAVID



FROM MR.OUATTARA DAVID
+225 08 67 68 98.

ATTENTION: SIR

PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF GOING INTO BUSINESS
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. I WAS SEARCHING FOR A GOOD AND RELIABLE PERSON WHO
WILL
ASSIST ME IN THIS TRANSACTION.

I AM MR.OUATTARA DAVID, THE ONLY SON OF LATE MR. KENNETH DAVID. MY FATHER
WAS A VERY WEALTHY AND WELL RECOGNISED COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN HIS COUNTRY
IVORY- COAST, CITY ABIDJAN, BEFORE HE WAS
POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING TO
DISCUSS ON A BUSINESS.

WHEN MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 1984, MY FATHER TOOK ME SO
SPECIAL BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS. BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 29TH JUNE
2002 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN ABIDJAN. HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS
BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS THE SUM OF US$9,500,000 (NINE MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) DEPOSITED IN A SECURITY COMPANY
IN ABIDJAN ,THAT HE USED MY NAME AS HIS ONLY SON FOR THE NEXT OF KIN .

HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS
POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN
PARTNER IN ANY COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND
MAKE
USE IT
FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE, (SUCH AS REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT).

DEAR, I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.

1)TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND SINCE I AM A YOUNG MAN OF 25 YEARS.
2)TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY AFTER THE
MONEY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO YOU.

MOREOVER,I AM WILLING TO MAP OUT A VERY GOOD AND WELL PLEASANT PERCENTAGE
FROM THE TOTAL
SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT/ INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL
TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR NORMINATED ADDRESS.

FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS
ASSISTING ME PLEASE YOU SIGNIFY INTEREST TO ASSIST ME.
ANTICIPATING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON. YOU CAN REACH ME
ON:(ouattara_david10@yahoo.fr) AND THE NO.ABOVE AND AS WELL, MORE OF MY
PRIVATE CONTACTS AND PROFILES AFTER YOUR REPLY.
THANKS AND GOD BLESS
YOURS FAITHFULLY.
OUATTARA DAVID.

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