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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:
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "trunk box" (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)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Miss Joy Konan <joykn1@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <joykonan@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:12:01 +0000
Subject: From Miss Joy Konan



From Miss Joy KonanMy Dearest,I am Miss Joy konan from Republic of Sierra Leone, presently here in Ivory Coast. I lost My father a couple of months ago. My late father was serving as director of the cocoa exporting board until his death in my home town Sierra Leone.He died in the hospital after a brief illness when he came back from his business trip on January 2007. Before his death he deposited in a metal box containing the sum of ($5.5M)Five million five hundred thousand USD in a private security company which was meant for the importation of cocoa processing machine abroad.Note:,According to my late father the money is sealed in a trunk box and he did not disclose to the security company the real content of the box to aviod eyebrows on the box for the safety of the consignment. He declared to the security company that the box belongs to his foreign partner and it is containing Africa artworks.I want you to do me a favour to help me retrive this box out of the security company's custody in your name as the foreign partner and invest this fund in a benefitable investment in your country for the future of my life.Please if you are willing to assist me indicate your interest in sending to me the following information:Your full name and addressYour marital statusYour occupationYour country of OriginYour telephone numberI will be pleased to offer to you 15% Of the total fund for your kind assistance.Thanks and God blessMiss Joy Konan
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