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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
  • jennifer_ka86@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Jennifer Kossa <jennifer_ky86@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:38:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Jennifer Kossa


Hello,

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my brother ,intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in succeed sometimes in life.

There is this huge amount of ($5,500,000.00) which my late father kept for us with a Finance House in Abidjan before he was assasinated by unknown persons. Now I and my brother decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons. We want you to help us claim and retrieve these fund from the finance house and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes,

If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 15% Of the total fund Please reach me through this email address jennifer_ka86@yahoo.com , for further corresponding.

I await your soonest response.

Respectfully yours,
Jennifer Kossa


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