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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "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_y76@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <prince_ko100@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 13:26:30 +0100
Subject: PLEASE WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE



PLEASE WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCETelephone:+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 old and full rightful inheritor to the throne of late KING
STEPHEN YEKESON the xi king of mende tribe in Sierra-leone, my Father,
before 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 of sierra-leone.
Almost half of the palace was burnt. My uncle who is in support 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 with 7 children. My father's wife, my three
brothers and two sisters were murdered in cold blood incuding my
mother,oh, may there soul rest in peace. Right now i am left with my
younger sister who is 18yrs old.Since the sudden death of my father
the family has been displaced and totally disorganised. On extensive
search on the palace where my late father used to keep his immediate
things, i discovered the documents covering the deposit of box made by
him to the security company and his personal will.He deposited a trunk
box containing US$ 11.5 million Dollars, registated in my name as the
frist son of the family. As the country has been in a serious war
zone, my uncle is still searching for me,i made arrangements with
ECOMOG peace keeping force to help i and my survive sister out of the
country. However we moved out of Sierra Leone successfully with these
documents, certificates of deposit and 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 refeguse camp in Abidjan. we need
your assisstance to help us move this fund out of Cote d'Ivoire for
investment in your country as we cannot invest here due to its
nearness to our conutry and instability of government in our country. 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 on.Please this is very urgent as i want to hear
from you immideately you receive this mail use the above phone number
to contact us. We have in mind to give you 15% of the total sum US$
11.5 million dollars, and 7% in case 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 country for investment. There is need for urgent actions.Please feel free to call us or
reply us 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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