419 scam: "iKobo, Inc."<info@ikobo.com> Nuestro Ref: IGO/2010/IKB71

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "iKobo, Inc." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <grant_ikobo@live.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:35:28 -0000
Subject: Nuestro Ref: IGO/2010/IKB71

Nuestro Ref: IGO/2010/IKB71
Su Ref:

Attn Beneficiario,

IKobo es una compañía que especializa en transferencias de dinero. Con ellos, usted puede enviar dinero a cualquier país que utiliza su Visa o la Mastercard. El recipiente consigue la transferencia puso en una tarjeta de débito asegurada de Visa, que puede ser utilizado en todo el mundo en ubicaciones de ATM para retiradas al contado. Esta tarjeta de débito, que es reutilizable, es enviado al recipiente. (Como la parte de nuestra expansión y paquete promocional para el ejercicio económico 2010*),we es complacida para informarle que su dirección de email fue seleccionada para recibir cantidad de la beca de este año de la suma de $2,8 millones de EEUU dólares. Estos fondos serán hechos disponibles a usted por una tarjeta de Visa de iKobo.
(Hemos concluido planes para entregar esta tarjeta a usted tan pronto como posible*). Su código de la entrega es W8N-9S4.

Usted es de enviarnos los detalles siguientes para que podamos procesar su entrega de subvención:
NOMBRE COMPLETO:
LUGAR DE ENTREGA:
NÚMERO DE TELÉFONO:
PAÍS:
OCUPACION:
ESTADO CIVIL:
SEXO:
EDAD:

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