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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:
  • "confidentiality of this transaction" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • drogbamail2008@terra.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "PETER DROGBA" <gbamail61@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drogbamail2008@terra.com
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:47:28 +0000
Subject: From Mr.Peter Drogba


>From Mr.Peter Drogba

Dear Sir,

I do appologise for approaching you in this manner but my present condition
has made me to desperately seek your help. Unfortuantely life is not that so
good on my side. My sufferings began after they killed my parents and my
only sister because my father was an opposition leader to the president of
my country(Ivory Coast West Africa).

This painful loss of my parents traumatises me everyday, because I'm living
in difficulty. All the assets of my father has been forcefully taken away by
my uncles.I can not take any action now because i'm afraid of been harmed.
Before the death of my father, I gained admission to read Medicine at the
university of Cocody and could not complete this program due to these
problems.

Before his death he has $6.5 M USD (Six Million , Five Hundred Thousand
dollars.) in a domicilary account with a bank in Cote d ' Ivoire which I am
the next of kin.

1)I need your assistance to provide a bank account where this money will be
transferred to.
2)You will serve as the guardian of this funds since I am 19 years.
3)You will make arrangement for me to come over to your country after the
money has been transferred to you.

I have plans to do investment in your country, like real estate and
industrial production. I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort after this successful transfer of this fund to
your nominated account overseas.

Note that the confidentiality of this transaction would be highly
appreciated in replying soonest to my private email address
drogbamail2008@terra.com

Thanks and best regards.

Peter Drogba
Email: drogbamail2008@terra.com

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