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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 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.
  • bossoka_assa@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: bossoka assa <bossoka_assa@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:14:38 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Bossoka


Bonjour,
je tiens tout d abord a m excuser pour les desagrements que mon message pourrais vous causer.
je me nomme Bossoka assa junior(eleveur de poulets),je suis ivoirien et je vis en cote d ivoire(afrique de l ouest) fils ainee d une famille de 6 enfants .mon pere se nomme Bossoka tanon francois xavier et ma mere feue Dadie rose abrema. je ne sais par quoi commencer car aujourd hui je n ai plus aucun espoir.En effet ,,je tenais une ferme (volaille) avec un chiffre d affaire acceptable mais malheur pour moi il ya eu l epidemie de la grippe avaire qui m a ruine.De ce faite , ,je recherche un partenaire financier pour un projet d elevage de porc et de lapin qui en ce moment rapporte tres bien dans mon pays.
les mots me manque mais j ose croire que mon message va attirer votre attention.
aider moi car de nos jours ce secteur d activite est tres rentable dans mon pays.
mon mail est le suivant: bossoka_assa@yahoo.fr
merci d avance.


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