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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Kingson Yassa <kingson_yassa@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: kingsonyassa@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 13:34:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Kingson yassa


>From Kingson yassa
Abidjan - Cote d.Ivoire
Respect Dearest one,
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business
venture which I intend to establish in your
country. Through I have not met with you before but I
believe, one has to risk confiding in someone to
succeed sometimes in life. There is this amount of
$16.5Million United States Dollar.
which my late father deposited with
a bank here in Abidjan cote D'ivoire .
which he wanted to used for his political
reason in our Country before he was assassinated.
Now I have decided to invest these money
in your country or any where safe enough outside our country
for security and political reasons.
i want you to send me your bank detals were this fund will be transferd
into so that as soon as the money gets to your account i
will be coming over to your country to finish my
education and also the investment of the money while
you will be the maneger of the investment untill i
finish my education.
I will like to invest part of the money into these
three investment in your Country but, if there is any other business
that is better than what I am suggestion, I will be
very glad to follow your advice.
1). Real estate
2). The transport industry
3). Five star hotel
If you can be of an assistance to me i will be
pleased to offer you 20% Of the total fund while
the balance will be invested by you.
I await your soonest response
Respectfully yours,
Kingson yassa



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