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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)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • +22501917622 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Durrah Mostafa" <durrahmostafa1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: durrah003@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:44:22 +0000
Subject: Mrs Durrah mostafa

Dearest
I am Mrs Durrah Mostafa wife of the late Dr Gafar mostafa Director General
National Gold and Diamond Mining Corporation of Sierra-Leone.

Few days before my husband was killed by rebel forces, he instructed me and
my son to move out of Sierra-Leone and also to go into his underground
strong room where the documents of money he deposited in a security company
in Abidjan Cote d Ivoire in one trunk box as family valuables .The amount is
(Us$8.500,000.00).

we are in a sincere desire of your assistance to help us move this box that
contains money out of the security company to your country for investment
For your information, the security company did not know the real content of
the box and we do not wish them to know until the box is moved to your
country. As it was deposited as family valuables and treasures.

20% of the total amount is for your assistance to help us
call me on +225 01917622 if you get my son Khalid feel free to discuss with
him,
I am waiting to hear from you
Mrs Durrah mostafa

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