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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Sonia Kone," <mrs_sonia_kone02@myway.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:56:56 +0000
Subject: From Mrs Sonia Kone,

Politics is a Devilsh act.
My name is Mrs Sonia Kone born 1984, one of the wives of Late Mr F. Kone, a politician who has good intentions to serve the people of Sierra-leone but due to the political crises in Sierra-Leone. On the 15th of May 2002, the brakes of his car failed when we were coming back from a conference which I attended with him as his last and youngest wife, the accident left me in kommar for days, all thought I was dead but thank God I am alive. Later, I found out that it was one of the eldest wives that planned with my husband political opponet to kill him as to claim all his belongings. My husband left behind lots of Assets and propeties which his wives and children shared leaving me without anything due to the fact that I did not bear any child for him but unknown to them before his death left an account of 16.23 milion USD dollars in a small discount house in Abidjan Cote D'ivoire, which later got liscens to operate banking functions with his friend's help !
who recide's in Abidjan, using is name to open the account ''Mr Lee Hyung Bok'' a Korean who later died 4 months before the political crises in Sierra-Leone started again. Due to the political crises here in Abidjan Cote D'ivoire, the bank can not give that kind of amount out, only ''to foriegn investors with capable account not within africa'', it is to protect individual not to have the ability to buy armutions to fight the govrnment in there coming up elections. On this note I decided to seek you to assist me so as to tranfer the funds to your account,I am willing to give you 20% of the total of the sum and visit your country for disbursement. Please, if you are interested to help me, mail me back for more details .
Thank you,may the good Lord be with you.Amen God blessings Mrs Sonia Kone

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