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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:
  • "million us 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)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • prince_godwin_koffianan01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: prince godwinkoffianan2 <prince_godwin_koffianan2@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 05:27:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: DEAL FROM PRINCE, SON ,HON MR , KOFFI , ANAN,


DEAL FROM JUNION PRINCE DOLLARS SON, TO, HON, MR, KOFFI, ANAN,
ABIDJAN COTE D IVOIRE Abidjan,cote d'ivoire


DEAREST Sir/ Madam

It is my pleasure to write you this mail however i feel very pleased to come to you at this important time of my life .I AM JUNION PRINCE GODWIN KOFFI ANAN THE

son to UN SEC GEN, HON , MR KOFFI , ANAN., WHO IS THE PRESENT SERVING UNITED NATION SECTARY GENERAL . I am writing you from Accra-Ghana

in west Africa. I got your contact from journalist while searching for a,

foreign partner and contact. I am 27 years old and a COTE D IVOIRE national.
I am looking for an overseas business partner/investor to assist me move


and invest(US$22.000 00,MILLION US DOLLARS) Twenty two Million United state Dollars which I DEPOSITED in one of the BANK OF AFRICA here IN

COTE D IVOIRE WHICH I DID NOT WANT TO LET MY FATHER or any members of my family TO KNOW ABOUT THIS. MONEY I DEPOSITED THE MONEY IN A CODED ACCOUNT WITH MY NAME. PRINCE BECAUSE

OF MY FATHER POSETION IN GOVERNMENT OF UNITED NATION SECTARY GENERAL . been money which I was uppotune to be in position of get from my father.MR KOFFI ANAN



NOW i DONT WANT THIS MONEY TO RAISE AN EYBROW WHEN TRANSFERING THE FUNDS FOR INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTR OVERSEAS , THAT CAN NOT BE IMPLECATE HIM ON TILLE HE SIGN OF HIS TENION FROM OFFICE OF UNITED

NATION SECTARY THAT IS THE REASON WHY I JUNION PRINCE DOLLARS KOFFI ANAN HAVE DECIDED TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY TO

YOUR CONUTRY OVERSEAS TO HELP ME TO ESTABLISH A VERY GOOD INDUSTRY COMPANY /INVESTIMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY BEFOR MY FATHER

WILL KNOW ABOUT IT I AM NOW in Accra,the Ghanian capital city where i'm doing my degree course in geography and urban planing faculty of social sciences at

KWAME NKRUMA UNIVERSITY OF GHANIAN WHY I LIVING IN COTE D IVIORE I am right now contacting you to ask for your sincere help to help me ,but before then, I

hope you will not betray the honour and trust i am about to repose on you.As my foreign business partiner I need your humble and sincere assistance to help me in the investment of this fund as i

have no single idea in the world of commerce and industry ,but our first objective will be to retrieve this fund into your control account .

For futher informations all the nessary (DOCUMENTS) consign and regarding to this fund all is intiret with (LAWYER) please I want you to keep every

informations regarding this fund very confidential and secret and let me know how you would like my faimly to compensate you as regards to your

(commission/percentage) please I am offering you 20% of the total amount for your humble assistnace and 10% is mapped out to refund any expenses incure for

offering us this assistance. please Let me have your direct phone NUMBER for easy communications.Looking forward to recieve your response for us to proceed.emidetely,


URGENT REPLY PLEASE

THANKS BEST REGARDS
JUNION PRINCE GODWIN KOFFI ANAN.
SON TO HON , MR , KOFFI , ANAN , ( UN SEC GEN )

PLEASE FOR SECURITY REASONS MAIL ME BACK TO
;(prince_godwin_koffianan01@yahoo.com.)







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