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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.
  • constance_n22@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "CONSTANCE." <constance_n22@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 17:34:40 +0000
Subject: PLEASE THIS IS URGENT.

FROM CONSTANCE NKAAH.
ABIDJAN - COTE D'IVOIRE

Dear loved heart,

I am NKAAH CONSTANCE, 22 yrs old, from ivorycoast nationality.The only daughter of late Mr JOSEPH NKAAH, a very wealth and famous cocoa merchant based in Abidjan the federal capital of Cote d'ivoire. Please dear heart, I inherited an amount of US$12, 500, 000.00 million american dollars from my late father before his sudden death. Dear, i am humbly seeking for your urgent assistance in respect of transfering this my above mentioned fund into your own bank account for an investment purposes such as in real estates managements and stock market investments. Dear, honestly speaking, i am willing to offer you 20% commission of this my total fund as a mode of compensation for your urgent help to me.
Please quickly responds me as quickly as possible for more important details regarding this my mutual transaction.

My private email addresses as follows: constance_n22@yahoo.fr



Thanks for your assistance, understanding and maximum cooperation. May God almighty bless you forever.

Yours lovely heart,
Constance Nkaah.

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