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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: prince koffa <prince_k49@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <prince_ko100@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 23:19:23 +0100
Subject: PLEASE WE NEEDS YOUR ASSISTANCE



PLEASE WE NEEDS YOUR ASSISTANCEphone number:+22504110463 Dearest, I feel good contacting you today, knowing quiet well that this contact will bring a
lasting relationship. I am (Prince Koffa Yekeson)20 years of age the rightful inheritor
to the throne of late KING STEPHEN YEKESON the xi king of mende tribe in Sierra-leone,
my Father until his death was the king of our tribe and also one of the richest dimond
and gold dealer in sierra-leone. My father was murderd by the rebel forces on the
accusation that he is in support of the democratically elected president Alhadji Tejan
Kabbah. Almost half of the palace was burnt. My uncle who is in supporter of the rebel
took over control of the leadership by force. Fortunatly I was not in the palace when they raided the palace. My father married four
wives with11 children. My fathers two wilves, my three brothers and two sisters were
murdered in cold blood incuding my mother. Right now i am left with my younger sister
who is 18 of age.Since the sudden death of my father the family has been displaced and
totally disorganised. On the extensive search on the palace where my late father used
to his immediate things, i discovered the documents covering the deposit my father made
in security company and his will.He deposited a trunk box containing US$ 11.5 million
Dollars, registated in my name as the frist son of the family. As this place has been a
serious war zone, my uncle is still searching for me,i made arrangements with ECOMOG
peace keeping force to help move out of Sierra Leone. However we moved out of Sierra Leone successfully with these documents,
certificates of deposit his personal will, In other words he did not disclose to the
security company the real contents of these box. Now that we are in Abidjan and
verified the transaction, we need your assisstance to help us move this funds out of
Cote d'Ivoire for investment in your country as we cannot invest here due to its
nearness to our conutry and the war still going on there. It is due to this reason that i have decided to contact you. For your assistance i
have decided to bequest to you a reasonable amount of the total sum of the money in a
lucrative and blue chip venture that you shall advise.Please this is very urgent as i
want to hear from you immideately you receive this mail use the above phone number . We
haveit in mind to give you 7% of the total sum US$ 11.5 million dollars, and 3% of any
expenses which you will make in course of this transaction such as fax messages, phone
calls, air tickets etc.By this mail, you are now requested to arrange on how we can
move the fund quick to your account in your country for investment.
There is need for urgent actions because my late father is paying US$5 daily as
demurrage to the security company for keeping this consignments.Please feel free to
call or reply me with my e-mail address and include your full private detail
informaions so that i will go to the security company to register your name as the foreign beneficiary of the
box.Looking forward for your urgent response.

Your Sincerely,
Prince Koffa Yekeson.

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