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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:
  • "million us 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 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.
  • email-mouloud_taalbi@yahoo.co.in
  • mouloud_taalbi2@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mouloud Taalbi <mouloud_taalbi@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:25:11 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: SALAM


From Mouloud Taalbi 2
Presidentail Ave.
Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire.
Email-mouloud_taalbi@yahoo.co.in




Compliments Of The Season, Grace And Peace And Love From This Part Of The Atlatic To You, I Hope My Letter Does Not Cause You Too Much Embarrassment As I Write To You In Good Faith,Excuse My Intrussion Into Your Private Life.I Got Your Email Contact In A Site During My Search For A Faithful And Honest Person Who Can Use This Funds Accordly And I Prayed To Almighty Allah And He Directed Your Contact To Me And I Believed That Almighty Allah Whom I Serve Will Not Direct Me To A Wrong Person.


May The Almighty Allah Give You The Wisdom To Understnd Me.I Am Mouloud Taalbi,The Eldest Surviving Son Of Late Taalbi Mohammed of Algeria,[May His Soul Rest In Peace] At The Present Time I Am In Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire, I Hereby Solicit For Your Help To Our Family. My Late Father[Taalbi Mohammed]Was A Presidential Aide And Chairman Of The Algerian Railway Corporation Before He Was Killed In The Air Crash Khalifa Airlines Flight Which Took Off From The Algiers International Airport,On The 22nd Of October 2005 With 108 Passengers And Six Crew Members On Board.Before The Dying Day Of My Father,He Confessed To Me Of About $5.Million[ Five Million US Dollars]Kept In A Finance Security Company And He Directed Me To Transfer This Money To A Foreign Account Before The Government Knows Of It Because They Are Against His Political Reforms In The Country. I Have A Proposal For You Which I Hope By The Special Grace Of Allah Will Be Beneficial To You And Me.This Is Not An Illusion But
Achievable If Giving Your Maximum Support And Co-operation.I Have To Assure You That This Is Risk Free.I Am Left With No Other Option Than To Invest This Money Outside The Country Where It Will Be Safe Since Our Father Is Now Dead And The Cause Of The Crash, Government Has Sworn Never To Make know To The Public. I Hereby Propose This To You If I Can Count On You. (1)That You Take 25%Of The Money (2) 5% Of The Money Would Be Used In The Building Of An Islamic Places Of Worship And The Islamic Institute of Islamic Studies (3)I Will Take 70% Finally,What I Need From You Is That You Forward Your Telephone Number Including Your Contact Address To My Alternative Email mouloud_taalbi2@yahoo.co.in For Onward Transfer Of This Fund.


Note : Any Delay In Your Reply Will Give Me Room In The Sources Of Another Person. I Seriously Count On Your Support And Cooperation.

May Allah Bless You.



Sincerely
Mouloud Taalbi


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