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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: waz bash <bwaz_239@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <waziri_1bashiru@yahoo.it>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:44:08 +0300
Subject: Sincere Attention.



Sincere Attention. I know my message will come to you as a surprise. I am writting to seek your assistance for the transfer of usd 18.5 million belonging to our late father which we want to invest in your country in hotel business. I am Mr Waziri Bashiru the first son of DR SEYDOU Y. BASHIRU, the former director general of port prince of HAITI.Who was killed by the rebelle forces during the political crisses in our country. I know may be you will be aware of the situation in our country as of now. In respect of this political crises in our country HAITI which has made the former president M. JEAN BERTRAND ARISTIDE to be in exlie in Republic Dominicain.I and my little sister, we left the country and we are now in Abidjan the capital city of Cote d'Ivoire for the interest of our security, one day i discovered in the confidential documents of our late father an important document which he used to deposit the sum mentioned above in one of the international banks here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.When we arrived Abidjan I and my sister we visited the bank and the bank confirmed deposit of the funds by our late father in a security coded account. The bank also informed us that our late father programmed the transfer of the funds to an account in overseas for his partner and the bank is now waiting for the partner of our late father to come forward for the transfer of the funds into his account in overseas. This is how our father saw his dearth.I am now contacting you with all confidence to act as our late father's mentioned business partner since no name was in the documents so that the bank will transfer the funds into your account in overseas then we come over to meet you for the investments of your choice.For your assistance, we are ready to offer you 10% of the total sum of USD$18.5 million. (eighteen million five thousand united states dollars only).In this way, I would want you to furnish me with your bank account information with your private phone and fax numbers to enable us submit it to the bank here for the immediate transfer of the funds into your account.
Sincere yoursMr Waziri and sister

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