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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • drphillipmomoh@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: sarafiner komo <sarafiner_komo5@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:16:33 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FROM MISS SARAFINER KOMO


Dearest One,

Thanks for your mail and your willingness to assist me in this transaction. May God bless you and your family, Dear, I really understand what you have said and want you to understand that I am real and I really need your help that was the reason why I contacted you in the first place to seek for your help and assistance,

Dear, After reading your message I am not happy in my heart because I did not contact you in this regard to harm you or to hut you in this matter, But I contacted you to help me and make sure that my inheritance is totally transferred into your provided overseas bank account,

Meanwhile, In that reason I am forwarding to you to full contact of the bank for you to contact them and verify from them if this my inheritance is was there really in their costudy,

Here is the contact of the bank

BANK OF AFRICA
21, AVENUE JOSEPH ANOMA PLATEAU ABIDJAN
01 B.P. 423 Abidjan 01 COTE D'IVOIRE
Tel: +22505601537
Fax: +22521567556
Email; remittance@bkoafrica-ci.net
Private E.mail;drphillipmomoh@yahoo.fr
www.bkoafrica-ci.net
Contact Person
Dr Philip Momoh
Director Of Remittance


Pls I will want you to try and contact Dr Philip Momoh of the Bank and discuss with him over this issue, Inform him that you are contacting him on behalf of SARAFINER KOMO over her inheriatance which her late father left,

Pls remember once again that the amount which my father deposited is Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10.5m). The Account is Fix/Suspence Acc No°15535782826 Thank you, I hope that you are fine, I am ok in health, But I am

seriously Anxious to see to the conclusion of this matter as my whole life and future depend on this my inheritance

I Await your soonest response May God bless you
Yours Truly
SARAFINER KOMO,



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