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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: michelle kouassi <kfam04@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <m.kouassi78@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:52:34 +0200
Subject: FROM MICHELLE KOUASSI,



FROM MICHELLE KOUASSI,
Good Day & may the blessings of the most high God be with you, My name is Miss Michelle kouassi an ivorien citizen,the only daughter to the late Mr williams kouassi,He was asassinated last January by unknown gunmen during their annual general meeting in france.I inherited a total sum of {15.5 million dollars] from my late father, this money which is concealed in a metallic trunk box is deposited with a security and finance company here in Cote D'Ivoire Due to the instruction he laid down before he deposited the box, that he needed maximum security/safety of the trunk box and no body nor government organization can trace where about of the box until i am ready to claim it.
This deposit was coded under a secret arrangement as a family treasure.This means that the security company does not know the content of this trunk box
Being that this part of the world experiences political crises time without number,there is no guarantee of lives and properties,I am not safe investing this money here any longer despite it has been my late father's industrial plans,I want you to do me a favour to receive this trunk box to a safer place in your country as the beneficiary,I have plans to invest this money in continuation with the investment vision of my late father in your country,I have vision of going into real estate and industrial production,This is my reason for contacting you Consider my situation as a small girl and come to my rescue,
Please if you are willing to assist me I will like you to send to me your 1. Your full name, contact postal address2. Your phone and fax numbers.3. Occupation. Once i confirm this I will be submitting it offically to the security company as my late father's foriegn business partner so that they will ship the trunk box to your countryplease indicate your interest in replying soonest. Thanks and best regards.michelle kouassi


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