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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.
• 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.
  • soniako21@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sonia Kone" <soniako21@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:35:46 +0100
Subject: FROM SONIA

FROM SONIA

Dear,

ASSISTANCE TO RELOCATE & INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY.

I just read your profile from the site, and I am moved by faith to contact you. I will like to get to know you better for a serious relationship.

I am Miss Sonia Kone the only child of late Dr.Francis Kone.

My father was assassinate by rebel forces here in Ivory Coast few months ago.

As the only child of my father, before his death he informed me of the sum of Ten million dollars only,which he deposited in a bank here with my name as next of kin.

There is a gruesome war currently raging in the country, that is why I require your assistance urgently to transfer this funds and relocate to join you for investment.

Please reply through my private email for more detailed discussion: soniako21@yahoo.fr, or call me on the tel. number above.

Regards.

Sonia.

EMAIL:soniako21@yahoo.fr

soniako21 at yahoo dot fr

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