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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:
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "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: Miss Aminat Kossi <aminat_kossi002@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: miss_aminat_kossi121@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:05:44 +0800 (CST)
Subject: FROM MISS AMINAT KOSSI


Greetings To You And Your Noble Family.

I am Miss Aminat Kossi From Abidjan Cote D'ivoire, I wish to request for your urgent assistance in my investment plans in your base. I wish to invest in manufacturing and real estate management in your base,this is because i inherited an important money from my late father who died in recent political crisis in Cote D'Ivoire here.

Before the death of my father he informed me near his hospital bed at Chu- Teaching hospital, that he has saved the total sum of ($3.500,000) Three Million Five hundred thousand united states dollars, in one of the bank here in cote d Ivoire,This money was been deposited for my social security and for fruitful international investment.

Further directives and details about the deposit and on how to move the fund successfully into your private bank account in your country will be given to you as soon as I get your response. Thanks as i wait for your urgent reply.

Yours Faithfully,
Aminat Kossi.


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