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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "million united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22505805964 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Pamawa Marthins <pamawa019@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: pamawa013@yahoo.co.in
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:55:04 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Reply Waiting


Pamawa Marthins
Abidjan,Ivory Coast
West Africa
Tel:+225-05-80-59-64.

My Dear

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in succeed sometimes in life.

I am Pamawa Marthins the only son of late King Nekedel Marthins who was assasinated by loyal forces to corporal Foday Sankoh of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) when they attack our town where my late father was the ruler King and Director General of National Gold and Diamond Mining Corporation of sierra leone .

My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father in a private hospital he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he deposited one trunk box in a Security Company here in Abidjan that content sum of Eight Million United State Dollars.($8.000,000)My name as his only son for the next of Kin when depositing the Box in the security company.

I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice who will help me claim this box and transfer this money into his account so that i will start a new life over there with the person and continue my education.

If you can be of an assistance to me i will be pleased to offer to you 20% Of the total fund.


Best regards
Pamawa Marthins



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