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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "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 united states 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 orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: fofana clifford <clifford_f736@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: clifford_f777@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:15:56 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Waiting for your reply




Clifford Fofana
Abidjan,Ivory Coast
West Africa

My Dear

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into
business relationship with you. Though I have not met
with you before but I believe that, one has to risk
sometimes in order to succeed in life.

I am Clifford Fofana the only son of late King
Henry Fofana who was assasinated by loyal forces
to corporal Foday Sankoh of the Revolutionary United
Front(RUF) when they attack our town where my late
father was the ruler King and Director General of
National Gold and Diamond Mining Corporation of
sierra leone .

My mother died when I was a baby and since then my
father took me so special. Before the death of my
father in a private hospital he secretly called me on
his bed side and told me that he deposited one trunk
box in a Security Company here in Abidjan that content
the sum of Eight Million United States
Dollars($8.000,000)
with my name as his only son for the next of Kin when
depositing the Box in the security company.

He told me to seek for a foreign partner in a country
of my choice who will help me claim this box and
transfer this money into his account so that i will
start a new life over there with the person and
continue my education.

If you can be of an assistance to me i will be
pleased to offer to you 20% Of the total fund.


Best regards
Clifford Fofana



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