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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:
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "your urgent reply" (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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: morris buba <mo_mo_buba5@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <morris_buba999@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:29:53 +0200
Subject: FROM MORRIS BUBA AND MOTHER



FROM MORRIS BUBA AND MOTHER ABIDJAN COTE D`IVOIRE TELE 0022508572443
DEAR,
MY NAME IS MORRIS BUBA . NATIONALITY SIERRA LEONE. IAM 23 YEARS OLD, A STUDENT.I LOST MY FATHER YEARS BACK. HE DIED DRURING THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN MY COUNTRY. MY LATE FATHER WAS ONE OF THE DIRECTORS UNDER TIJAN KABBAH GOVERNMENT.
MY MOTHER IS AGED SHE IS 51 YEARS OLD,A SICK WOMAN. WE ARE LIVING IN COTE D'IVOIRE SINCE PAST SIX MONTH. IT IS MY DESIRE TO WRITE FROM MY HEART HOPING THAT YOU WILL NOT BETRAY US. MY FATHER DIVERTED SOME HUGE OF MONEY WHICH HE DEPOSITED IN FAVOUR OF HIS FORIEGN PARTNER WITH A BANK IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN HE WAS ALIFE, IN FACT IN A BRIFE I INTRODUTION.
ALL THE INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU. THIS MONEY TOTALING US$ 25,000,000.00 (TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLAR NOW WE ARE SEEKING FOR A TRUSTED PERSON WHO WILL RECEIVE THIS MONEY INTO HIS/HER ACCOUNT FOR ONWARD INVESTMENT. OWEVER, WHAT WE NEEDED FROM YOU IS YOUR GOOD ASSISTANCE IN HELPING US TRANSFERRING THE SUM TO YOUR ACCOUNT SINCE WE ARE INEXPERENCED IN THE WORLD OF BUSINESS, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
A DOCUMENT CONCERNING THE DEPOSIT MAY BE GIVEN TO YOU FOR YOUR VERIFICATION. WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE THE FUND OUT OF THIS COUNTRY TO YOUR COUNTRY. I AND MY MOTHER HAVE DECIEDED TO GIVE YOU 10% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE. THE WORLD IS FULL OF BAD PEOPLE PLEASE CAN YOU PROVE YOUR GENUITY TO US FOR US TO HAVE YOU AS A PARTNER.
SORRY I AM NOT SAYING YOU ARE BAD PERSON BUT CONSIDER THAT THIS IS MONEY AND HOW THE MONEY WAS GOTTEN. IT IS INHERITACE AND LAST HOPE. SHOW YOUR INTEREST AND WE PROCEED ON THE NEXT STEP OF ACTION. COTE D`IVOIRE IS NO LONGER CONDUSIVE FOR US TO STAY. WE LOOK FORWARD FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY.YOU CAN CALL US AT +22508572443
MY BEST REGARDS. MORRIS BUBA AND MOTHER
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