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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:
  • "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.
  • jeffgjeff2@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jeff larry <jeffgjeff2@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 11:17:57 +0100 (CET)
Subject: OPPORTUNITY/YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED}


>From :JEFF,
Eco Bank of Abidjan,
Cote D I Voire .
Email: jeffgjeff2@yahoo.fr


Dear Sir,
My name is JEFF. I work with the Eco Bank of Abidjan,Cote D' IVoire as an accountant officer in the Foreign operation department in one of the Top Bank here in Abigjan. In the discharge of my duty, My contact is for you to please assist me to transfer the fund ($172,654,000.00 USD) One Hundred & Seventy Two Million Six Hundred And Fifty Four Thousand United State Dollars from a Eco Bank here in Abigjan to an oversea account.

After set and done, I contacted my director and we sent out staff for enquiries and discovered that the account holder died in motor accident with the next of king.

I am writing you so that we can work with you to remit the money into your account as the next of king. it is simple process which will take a short while to process. outside this, the bank management will confiscate the money.

If I hear from you, I will tell you all you need to Know about the money.
Thanks for your co-operation.

Best Regards.


JEFF MORGAN.
_________________________
Foreign Operation Department.




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