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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.
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • oukpafranklin@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Frank Oukpa <fk_oukpa10@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 01:59:56 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Immediate Investment Assistance needed from you


Attention /Dear,


My name is Mr. Franklin Oukpa a Financial auditor and the personal Financial adviser to late Mr. Hansie Cronje national of South Africa who was an international cricket player, subsequently died on 1st june 2002 at the age of 32, when the aircraft he was abroad crashed into a hill in a bad weather near his home town george 350 km [220 miles] east of Cape Town.


I am convinced that it is the grace of God that made me to locate you. My client was a successful and accomplished family man, who made enough fortune before his untimely death. Since of last month the wife to my late client contacted me, as the family`s Financial adviser to provide a reliable person overseas whom the fund of Twenty million united state dollar [$20 000,000 USD] will be transferred to his or her nominated account. Base on the reason that the relatives of her late husband bent of taking everything out of her hand.

I therefore, decided to contact you with these facts before me because of the situation now. By virtue of my closeness to the deceased and his immediate family, I am very much aware of my client financial standing and the Security Company he kept this money.


We shall all share the funds. 60% to my late client’s wife, 20% to you, while 15% should be for me and 5% for any Expenses or Tax as your Government may require.

If you are interested, contact me as soon as you receive this message through my private email address (oukpafranklin@yahoo.com) so we can go over the details.Thanking you in advance and may God bless you

Your Sincerely,

Mr. Franklin Oukpa


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