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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:

• 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 orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Daniel Doudou <ddou7@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <ddou0002@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:24:47 +0200
Subject: Dearest One.



Dearest One.


Warm greetings from Daniel Doudou, son of late Professor Boga doudou. It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.

My Mother died earlier in 1998 so my father took me so special being his only children but since the death of my father, his brothers and sister has chased me out of our family house and denied me access to my father's estates and other properties.
My late father was the interior minister of cote d'ivoire (IVORY COAST, WEST AFRICA) before his mysterious death during the crisis in Republic of Cote D'ivoire in 2002.
(http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/09/21/ivory/index.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2268718.stm).
In the night of the crisis before his death, my father told me that he has the sum of Twelve Million US Dollars (US$12m) left in a fixed/suspense account in one of the prime banks here in Abidjan with my name as next of kin. he asked me to find a God fearing Foreign business partner to help me transfer this money and use it in investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel management.

I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
1) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 19 years old.
2)To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to continue my education and to secure a resident permit for me in your country.

I am prepared to give you 15% of the total sum as commission for assisting me.

You can call me with this number : +22509582882 for confirmation and more details.

Thanks and looking forward to your kind assistance.

Yours faithfully,

Daniel Doudou.
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