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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "keep it confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "my direct line" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
  • "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.
  • +22505223941 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: jerome kouakou <jerome_kouakou030@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <jerome_kouakou010@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 13:49:28 +0200
Subject: REPONDE URGENTLY PLEASE




DEAR Winifride Bieberer

I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE AND YOUR WILLINESS TO HEAR MORE FROM ME ABOUT THIS TRANSCATION.I WOULD WANTED YOU TO SEND ME YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER SO THAT I CAN CALL YOU AND HAVE CONFIDENTIAL DISCUSSION AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS VERY VERY CONFIDENTIAL.AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU CAN KEEP IT CONFIDENTIAL SO THAT BOTH OF US WILL GAIN THIS FUND.OR YOU CAN CALL ME ON MY DIRECT LINE.

(+22505223941)

DG JEROME KOUAKOU.BIAO BANK ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE WEST AFRICA . I FORGET TO MADE YOU TO UNDESTAND THAT THIS IS MY PRIVATE BOX OF WHICH YOU HAVE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH ME THROUGH IT FOR SECURTY REASONS

DG JEROM KOUAKOU
BIAO BANK ABIDJAN COTE D4 IVOIRE
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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam