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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:

• 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.
  • sule_k1@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: BELLO KUFFOR <bello_kf8@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:32:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GOOD DAY


I am Ms Kuffur,writing from Ivory Coast,I was moved by your profile and i decided to contact you for assistance as your profiled as proofed who you are and your capabilities too.

I wish to request for your assistance in a financial transaction,I wish to invest in Manufacturing and real estate management in your country.I have ($12.500,000 United States Dollars) to invest in the transaction and I will require your assistance in receiving the box in your country.

I want you to help me claim and retrive the box from the security company with the documents I have here with me and transfer it into your country for my future life purposes and on profitable investment.

If you have interest you can mail me through this mail:
sule_k1@yahoo.com for further details to be explained to you on how
to remit the consignment.

I will be waiting patienly for your email and hope to get maximum coperation from you.


Goodbye,

Miss kuffor.


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