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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.
  • imperial-store@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Imperial <imperial_store007@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: imperial-store@hotmail.fr
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 13:57:54 +0800 (CST)
Subject: ORDER ENQUIRES


Dear Sir/ Madam

We are retail dealler,located in Abidjan, the commercial city of Ivory
Coast, West Africa.

We are contacting you with the aim of establishing a good business
relationstip with your company. by making some purchase from you. Please do send a return email to us with the following details: If your company do ship outside your country. Shipping destination Abidjan, Ivory Coast with Fedex, UPS and DHL. Do you have a minimum order?
Also if your company do accepts credit card as a method of payment ( Visa & Master )

Please I' would be expecting your respond regarding to our request
kindly reach me on my private email addrees to enable us discuss further in detail ( imperial-store@hotmail.fr )

Best Regards,
Mr. Koffi




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