419 scam: Princes Lora Koffi <wuoffice5@yahoo.com.ph> Greetings From Princes Lora Koffi and my junior brother Ben.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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)
- "cotonou" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: Princes Lora Koffi <wuoffice5@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: princes.lora@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:56:00 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Greetings From Princes Lora Koffi and my junior brother Ben.

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Good day,
We apologizeif the contents in this mail are contrary to your moralethics, I amPrincess Lora Koffi and my junior brother Ben, We werevictims of warfrom Cote d`Ivoire, My late father is king Koffi Armania Cocomerchandise in Cote d`Ivoire. Our father was killed by rebels;we lostour beloved mother 6 years ago for breast cancer after painfulsurgery.For that reason we don't have anybody to take cear of us,because of mylate fatherâ€™s inheritance the enemies are about to killus we ran toBenin Republic Of Cotonou here in West Africa where mylate fatherdeposited the sum of US$30 Million Dollars in a goodfinancial house herein Benin.

Presentlyweare in the refugee camp for security reason, Please we are seekingforyour kind assistance to help us to come live and invest ourinheritancein your country so that you will help us to manage it onour behalfbecause we do not have any business experience before to manage the hugesum of US$30 Million Dollars we inherited from our latefather account.We agreed to give you 20% of the total fund, I am 18yrs old and myjunior brother is 15 yrs old. I will appreciate to receive your urgent useful reply with your private contact information's as soon as you receive thismessage toenable us feed you with full details through your privatemail.

Best regards,
Princes Lora and Ben

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