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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:
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • johnbosco_dikko17@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Johnbosco Dikko" <johnbosco_dikko17@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:36:34 +0200
Subject: From Johnbosco Dikko

JOHNBOSCO DIKKO. EMAIL:johnbosco_dikko17@yahoo.fr Dear Sir, Permit me to inform you of going into a business transaction with you. i am the son of late chief fedrick Dikko from Liberia my late father was an international businessman and a cocoa marchant. my father was killed by rebels on November 2005 and as his only child they are also seeking to kill me too. Before the death of my late Father he deposited the sum of 3.5 million USD dollars in a suspense account in a bank in Abidjan and told me to seek for a forigen partner that will provide account overseas where the funds will be transfered to for Investment. Please i am asking you to assist me so that this funds can be transfered to your account for Investment. Every documents about the funds is legal and the transaction is confidential for security reasons. write me on this email:johnbosco_dikko17@yahoo.fr for further explanation. God bless you. JOHNBOSCO DIKKO.

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