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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found 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.
  • linda_kone900@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: linda kone <linda_kone900@yahoo.ca>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:08:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: urgent to hear from you.


linda_kone900@yahoo.ca
Dearest One,

How are you? Hope you are fine.
Please, permit me to inform you of my desire of going into long time relationship and financial transaction for our mutual benefits.

I am Linda kone, residence in the above address, I m' 22 years of age, I'm the daughter of the late Col Joe kone My father was Gold Agent in Abidjan( Ivory Coast ).Before the death of my father on 20th February 2003 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD$5 (Five Millon Dollars) deposit in the bank here in Cote d'ivoire and he used my name as his beloved daughter for the next of kin in depositing the fund. And that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose
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Yours sincerely,

Linda kone



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