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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:
  • "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)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "urgent assistance" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "contract review panel" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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 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.
  • md27_ibrahim@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mohammed Ibrahim <md19_ibrahim@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <md27_ibrahim@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:34:45 +0200
Subject: Assalamu Alaikum, From Your Brother Mohammed.



ATTN :MANAGING DIRECTOR/C.E.O/MR/MS. FROM :Dr Mohammed U Ibrahim. Contract Review Panel Chairman, Abidjan Cote D 'Ivoire. Email:md27_ibrahim@yahoo.co.in

Assalamu Alaikum,

LETTER FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE ON FUND TRANSFER

First,i must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction.This by viture of its nature as being utterly confidential and TOP SECRET.
You have been recomended by an associate who assured me of your confidence and your ability, reliability to prosecute a transaction of great magnitude involving a pending buisness Transaction requiring maximum committment and trust.

We are top Officials of the Federal Government Contract Reveiw Panel which i am the chairman controlling both the international and local contractors, who are intrested in importation of goods into our country with funds which are presently trapped here in Cote d'Ivoire.In other to commence this business we solicit your assistance to enable us transfer into your account the said trapped funds which will has to do with bank to bank transfer.

The source of this fund is as follows: During the last regime here of General Rorbert Geui in Cote d'Ivoire some government officials set up companies and awarded themselves contracts which were grossly over invoiced in various ministries and parastatals.The Government set up a Contract Review Panel and we have identified a lot of inflated contracts funds which are presently Deposited in a BANK here in Abidjan,Cote d'Ivoire .

However,by virture of my and our position as civil servants and members of the panel,we cannot aquire this money in our name.I have therefore ,been delegated because of my position and as amatter of trust by my colleagues of the panel to look for an overseas patner into whose account we would transfer the total sum of USD$20,500,000.00 [TWENTY MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS].

Hence i onbehalf of my colleagues are I'm writting you this letter in this regards.We agreed to share the money thus on your reciept and confirmation of this money:

[1] 30% FOR THE ACCOUNT OWNER [YOU] [2] 70% FOR US [THE OFFICALS]

It is from the 70% that we wish to commense the importation business.Please ,note that this transaction is 100% safe and we hope to commense the transaction latest seven[7 ]days from the date of the receipt of the following information bellow.

[A] COMPANY'S NAME BENEFICIARY OF ACCOUNT. [B] YOUR PERSONAL TELEPHONE NUMBER AND FAX NUMBERS.

The above information will enable us commense the transfer of this funds into your account in your country without delay and also to open an account in your name.We are looking forward to doing this business with you and solict your confidentiality in this transaction.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter using the above email address,telephone number and fax number.I will bring you into the complete picture of this pending project when i hear from you. Please you can call me immediately you receive this e-mail so that we can discuss in confidential issue. pls send your respond this Email address for future correspondence

Email: md27_ibrahim@yahoo.co.in

Yours Faithfully

Allaah Hafiz.
Dr. Mohammed U. Ibrahim. Chairman Review panel Committee. Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.

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