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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • ",500,000" (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: ange koko <ange.koko@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:24:26 +0200
Subject: From Miss. Ange Koko



I am Miss Ange Koko 23/24 Cocody Avenue
Abidjan Cote divoireE-mail:ange.koko1@gmail.comPhone:+22504591119 Dearest =
One, I know this mail will come to you as a surprise. I will really like t=
o have a good relationship with you, and I have a special reason why I dec=
ided to contact you. I am Miss. Ange Koko with my only brother arny, we ar=
e from Cote d Ivoire, the children of Late Mr. Butt Koko.*
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We are constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment we are recei=
ving from our Uncles. They planned to take away all my late father's treas=
ury and properties from us since the unexpected death of my beloved Parent=
s. Meanwhile I wanted to escape to anywhere i can have a good life but he =
hides away our international passport and other valuable travelling docume=
nts. Luckily he did not discover where I kept my *fathers File which conta=
ins important documents. So we decided to run to an orphanage camp where w=
e are presently hiding under Reform Church of GOD *Abidjan* Cote DIovoire,=
where my late father deposited some amount of money in a bank. I wish to =
contact you personally for a long term business relationship and investmen=
t assistance in anywhere in the world. My late father d eposited the sum o=
f $5.million,500,000 USD in one of the leading bank with my name as the ne=
xt of kin. *
* However, I shall forward to you with the necessary documents on confirma=
tion of your acceptance to assist us for the transfer of the money to your=
account, and investment of the fund. If you are willing to help us in thi=
s kindly get back to us as soon as possible.
We are waiting for your urgent and positive response. Please do keep this =
only to your self. I plead you not to disclose it till we come over to you=
r country after the transfer. I am willing to offer you 20% of the total s=
um as compensation of your effort. Thank you and God bless*


*Your Lovely=20
Ange Koko


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