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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • paul2egoka@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: paul egoka <paul2egoka@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 17:22:44 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Greeting my dear,


Greeting my dear,

My name is Mr.Paul Egoka, I am the regional manager of the Banque Atlantique branch, Bassam, Cote d’ Ivoire. I got your information during my search through the Internet. I am 44 years of age and happily married with 3 lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of peace and don't want problem, I only hope we can assist each other. If you don't want this business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you again.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the regional manager of the Banque Atlantique here in Bassam. It is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in Abidjan at the end of each year. On the course of the last year 2007 end of year report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made Ten million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($10,750,000.00)which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of.

I have since place this fund on what we call suspense account without any beneficiary. As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money, so this informed my contacting you for us to work so that you can assist receive this money into your bank account for us to share.

MODE OF SHARING: 50/50 any expenses to see this deal through shall be equally shared.

Note there are practically no risk involved, it will be bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand firm to claim the fund as the original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with our branch, so that my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account. If you accept this offer to work with me as partner, send me immediately your full name, resident or company’s address, date of birth (DOB) and your direct telephone and fax numbers. As soon as I receive your data I will install it in our system and you will stand as the beneficiary of the fund. Then I will send you deposit slip which you will keep as reference.

As soon as you recieve this email contact me via this email address
paul2egoka@yahoo.fr

Best Regards,

Mr.Paul Egoka

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