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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "liberia" (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.
  
• 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.
  • kofifamily2006@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "kofi jacob" <jacobfamily206@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kofijacobliberia_ghana@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:11:50 +0000
Subject: RE:JACOB FAMILY

DEAR SIR,
I AM KOFI JACOB,SON OF LATE DR.FIDEL G. JACOB,WHO
WORKED UNDER EX-PRESIDENT CHARLSE TAYLOR OF LIBERIA.
TWO WEEKS BEFORE CHARLSE TAYLOR EXIT FOLLOWING THE PRESSURE ON HIM BY UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT,HE APPROVED FUNDS FOR IMPORTATION OF ARMS AND AMUNITIONS
FOR LIBERIA MILITARY TO BE USE AGAINST THE REBEL FORCES FIGHTING HIS
GOVERNMENT,NOT KNOWING HE IS GOING TO QUIT SEAT OF POWER UNWILLINGLY.THE
FUND LEFT LIBERIA FOR GHANA,WHERE PAYMENTS ARE MADE TO COMPANIES WHO
SUPPLIES THEM TO AVOID IT BEIGN STOPPED AT THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER
CLEARING HOUSE,WHICH CAN REVEAL THE PURPOSE,WHICH THE FUND WAS RELEASE BY
LIBERIA GOVERNMENT.
OUR FATHER IN HIS WISDOM SAW THE FUTURE(CHARLES TAYLOR'S LEAVING OFFICE)HE
RUSHED DOWN TO GHANA AND STOPPED THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO THE ARMS SUPPLY
COMPANIES FOR THE PURPOSE IT WAS APPROVED AND DEPOSITED IT WITH A BANK IN
ACCRA GHANA.
ME AND MY MOTHER MRS.GRACE JACOB, WANT TO MOVE THIS FUND DEPOSITED BY MY
LATE FATHER ,FOR SAFE KEEPING AND INVESTMENT OUTSIDE THE SHORES OF
AFRICA.NOW CHARLES TAYLOR, IS FACING TRIAL AND DOES NOT KNOW HOW THE FUND
WENT.
IF YOU ARE WILLING AND CAPABLE TO ACCOMODATE THIS INTEREST,CONTACT ME TO
NEGOTIATE PARTNERSHIP TERMS AND YOUR COMMISSION AFTER THE TRANSFER.
AMOUNT TO TRANSFER OUT:USD 20,000,000.00 (TWENTY
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLAR).
TAKING ASSYLUM IN GHANA.
EMAIL:kofifamily2006@yahoo.co.uk
TELEPHONE NUMBER:+ 233 242859821 .
PLEASE, VIEW THIS WEBSITE ON HIS TRIAL FOR MORE UNDERSTANDING.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5371638.stm
http://72.14.221.104/search?q=cache:8J6p8WTVeb4J:jurist.law.pitt.edu/currentawareness/taylor.php+charles+taylor+trial&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR KIND UNDERSTANDING.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
KOFI JACOB.

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