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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "transfer into your account" (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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "keep it confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • manuel.tureh001@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "manuel tureh" <manuel.tureh23@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: manuel.tureh002@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:28:19 +0000
Subject: REPLY NEEDED URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

Dearest one,
compliment of the season! I know that this letter will come to you as a
surprise, with the full hope that you will bear with us to assist me in this
mutual transaction that will extend our both families.
I got your contact and few other ones through your website, and then after
going into praying and fasting for God to provide a trustworthy person to
us, it happen that you are the one.
I am miss Manuel Tureh from Abidjan in Republique of Cote d Ivoire. My late
Parents Chief Dr and Lolo Ahmed tureh, who was into cocoa/Cotton export,
died last year after a brief accident. Before the death of our father he
deposited total sum of Us$ 22.4 million in a bank here in Cote d'Ivoire
registered into a non- resident account belonging to his foreign partner (No
name was mentioned). The fund was deposited and registered to belong to a
foreign partner, because as a politial, he will not deposit or transfer such
fund with his name in any bank here, for security purposes.
Please, I want you to focus your mind in this transaction for this is risk
free , legal an Genuine business. I and my junior brother ask for your
assistance and permission to submit your name as my late father foreign
partner for release of this fund and transfer into your account in your
country for safe keeping and investment. I humbly ask for you to response to
this email immediately with your Tel/Fax numbers to enable me forward to you
all the neccessary documents concerning this deposit and the fund origin.
So as to conclude this transaction under 15 good working days. My Junior
brother and I have conclude to give you 10 % of the total money after the
transfer of the fund into your account for your noble assistance,then you
will also assist us to invest and manage the fund and to earn 30% of the
annual income, we also maped out 5% of the total fund for any expenses that
may occur during the transfer or the investment .
Note that this is the only hope of my brother and me therefore try to keep
it confidential for the security of this money and our dear life.
Waiting for your urgent response.Please do not fail to respond in this our
private email manuel.tureh001@hotmail.com

Best regards
Miss Manuel Tureh

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