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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • infor_koffikoffineneprivate@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: koffi nene <k.nene15@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <infor_koffikoffineneprivate@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 16:56:00 +0100
Subject: From Dr. Koffi Nene





>From Dr. Koffi Nene
Address :- 10052 kissy Avenue, Marcory,Abidjan, Cote d'ivoire, West Africa.

Greetings To You,You may be surprised to receive this unsolicited mail as it may appear to be. Sorry to bother you any way.I am Dr. Koffi Nene the personal assistant (Finance) to the late President Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Lome,Togo. In order to avoid any long meaningless talk, I am looking for a person who can be TRUSTED to handle part of the money the late President wanted to go and deposit in Switzerland three weeks before he died. I am presently in a neibouring country Cote D' Iovire (Ivory Coast) due to the problem on whom will be the next president and because of this there is no peace in my country right now.I wait for your quick reponse to my proposal. Thanks and God Bless.I will explain in details after your response to my private mail box; infor_koffikoffineneprivate@yahoo.fr

See sites bellow for more details.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4239983.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4281559.stmDr. Koffi Nene.Eyadéma Of Togo/From Dr Koffi Nene
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