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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:
  • "urgent assistance" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  • robert_martins@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: robert martins <robert_martins16@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: robert_martins@hotmail.fr
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 22:28:09 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PLEASE GET BACK


FROM:ROBERT MARTINS
ABIDJAN,IVORY COAST
WEST AFRICA.
please respond to me here: robert_martins@hotmail.fr

Dear One,

Permit me to inform you of my heart desire of going into business relationship with you .I know that this mail will come to you like surprise since we have not met before or written,but after going through your information,I understand that you can help me to invest this money in your country that is why i contact you,I will like to introducing my self to you .I am Robert Martins (24Years old)while my sister Anne Martins (22Years old)The children of late Mr&Mrs Joseph Martins who was a rich,famous and wealthy cocoa merchant and Gold dealers based in abidjan ,The economic capital of Ivory Coast.We are seeking your attention to help us transfer the sum(USD 12,500,000.00 WITH 285KG OF GOLD ) twelve million five hundred thousand United State American dollars into your account for an investment purposes,Such as real estates and stock markerts,as this money was deposited with my name in the bank as next of kin before the sudden death of our father.

So why we contacted you is to help us invest this money in your country for us,and help us to continue our education,also you will help us to get our resident permit in your country.as we will need your urgent help to transfer this money out of africa because of our uncle who killed our father is after our lives because of this money.

Please dear, I and my sister are willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as a made of compensation for your urgent assistance to us .please kindly get back immediately .please respond to me here: robert_martins@hotmail.fr
Yours sincerely,
Robert & Anne MARTINS


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