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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 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 orphan scam.
• 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.
  • sarafinboma123@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: sarafin boma <sarafinboma123@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:57:04 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: From Sarafin Boma,


From Sarafin Boma,


sarafinboma123@yahoo.fr

After going through your profile , I decided to contact you for the relationship and bussines assistance .

Well, to introducing myeslf, I am Sarafin Boma(22 years), I am a citizen of Cote D'ivoire former Ivory Coast in West Africa.

I am writing to solicit your noble assistance for the transfering and investment of ($10.500,000 ) TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND USD. in your country under your guardianship.I am the only daughter of late Chief. Emamanuel Boma, before the death of my late father, he was the Director of Cocoa & Gold Dealers in Abidjan capital of Cote D'Ivorie and Accra Ghana respectively.My late father father was poisoned by my uncle with ganged up of my father's bussiness associates in one of their dinner.

Before his death last year 2004, he called me confidentially and informed me in confidence of this sum of USD$10.5 million dollars he deposited in a prime bank here in Abidjan. Pending the guarantee of your faithfulness and co-operation, he further advised me to search for a reliable partner overseas who will assist me transfer and invest the money in overseas in case he did not survive in the hospital .Unfortunately, he died. I am soliciting your kind assistance in the following ways :

1,To provide me good account were this money will be transfered.
2, To help me seek for a good business to invest the money into.
3, To help me search for a better school to continue my education over there.
4,To help me come over there to start a new life there.

I have the Offical Deposit Slip Document with me here in Abidjan. So, I look forward to hearing from you so that we will proceed and as soon as we retrieve the deposit, I will without wasting time come down to your country to witness the investing of the money, Meanwhile, you will be compensate with 20% of the money for your noble assistance.More detail will be giving to you in your next mail.

As i am writing to you now, I am hiding myself in a local Guest House for the safety of my life due that my uncle and the enemies are wanted to kill me in order to claims this money deposited by my late father with my name as the next of kin.



Please help me to accord this transaction with the due confidentiality it demands. I appreciate it if you will respond to me as soon as possible.I will send you my Identification in my subsequent mail upon hearing from you. This transaction will bring us into an everlasting relationship rooted on truth and fear of God.


May God Bless You ,while expecting your immediate response.

Kind regards,

Sarafin Boma.




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