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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:
  • "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: "credit sud" <credit_sud@latinmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:54:35 +0100 (CET)
Subject: FELICITATION!!!


CREDIT DU SUD SA - CI=20
=20
IMMEUBLE CRRAE-UEMOA =96 BOULEVARD BOTREAU ROUSSEL
DERRIERE LA BCEAO , FACE A LA RUE DES BANQUES
ABIDJAN =96 PLATEAU =96 RCI
=20
Honorable Correspondant(e),=20
A l=92occasion de la relance de son Programme d=92activit=E9 qui consis=
te essentiellement =E0 l=92ouverture de deux agences en France, l'Etabl=
issement financier d=E9nomm=E9 CREDIT DU SUD SA sis =E0 IMMEUBLE CRRAE=
-UEMOA =96 BOULEVARD BOTREAU ROUSSELDERRIERE LA BCEAO , FACE A LA RUE D=
ES BANQUES Plateau Abidjan C=F4te d'Ivoire a organis=E9 une Tombola en =
faveur de toute personne physique ou morale r=E9sidant ou non en C=F4te=
d=92Ivoire et poss=E9dant une adresse =E9lectronique. A l=92issu de c=
ette Tombola, tous les participants ont =E9t=E9 tir=E9s par un logiciel=
de pointe de vote d'ordinateur tir=E9 parmi plus de 65.000.000 adresse=
s email d'individus de toute l=92espace de la francophonie.=20
Votre adresse Email a =E9t=E9 tir=E9e au sort et attach=E9 au billet N=B0=
CDS 2007 ; s=E9rie N=B0 02-8694TM, vous d=E9signant comme l=92heureux=
(e) gagnant(e) du Deuxi=E8me prix repr=E9sentant la somme de quatre vin=
gt quinze mille euro (95.000 =80) EURO. Il s=92agit d=92un gain fiable =
et il n=92y aucun doute =E0 vous faire =E0 ce sujet. =20
=20
Un protocole de s=E9curit=E9 a =E9t=E9 =E9tabli par notre Institution p=
our =E9viter des doubles r=E9clamations et abus sans garantie de ce pro=
gramme par quelques personnes sans scrupule. Ainsi, il vous est instam=
ment demand=E9 de garder l'information confidentielle jusqu'=E0 la fin =
des r=E9clamations des divers lots.=20
Notre Institution vous adresse ses vives et chaleureuses f=E9licitatio=
ns pour ce gain.=20
=20
Cordialement Votre d=E9vou=E9,=20
Mr. ANTOINE PLESSIS=20
Directeur Marketing et Commercial


Un 2007 de Ins=F3lito, Deporte, Cine o Belleza... =A1Feliz Navidad! htt=
p://pan.starmedia.com/especiales/navidad07/portada/index.html

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