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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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.
  • joy_kone10@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Joy Kone <joy_kone10@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 03:31:20 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT


Dearest One.

Thanks and kindly premist me to discourse my problem to you , here is my life history please, here is all about me and I am waiting to hear from you so that we can move ahead with this if you can assist me.

I am MISS Joy Kone the first DAUGTER of late Mr Patrick Kone,Who was formerly the director of unilever company Abidjan.

I am an undergraduate in the university of Accra Ghana .Well the death of my father occured on 9th noverber 2004 bomb blast which took place in Abidjan cote D'Ivoire,my father was injuried seriously though he could not give up the same day, while my mother Mrs Jullite Kone and and my little brother die at a spot.I left school to wittness what is going on,before my father last hour.My father revealed to me as his first DAUGTER that he made a deposit of huge amount of money in one of security company here in Abidjan ($10.5 million)Ten Million Five hundered US dorllers.with my name as the next beneficary. my father deposited this money as a family valuable which means that the security company does not know the real content of the box.Which his lawyer knows about and have all the nessecary documents that backs the deposit.

Please dear all I need is your urgent assistance so that we can retrieve this consignment from the security company custody and transfer it to your moninated account.So I will join you there in your country for urgent investment with the fund.I wiil give you 20% for your effort of assisting me in this transection 5% is for the expernces we made.

please contact me with the email address if you are willing to assist sincerely.
I will like to have yours and your phone and fax numbers while replying.

Due regards.

MISS Joy Kone.
Email:joy_kone10@yahoo.com
NB:Please send your informations if you are willing to assist me.






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