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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.
  • lucia_0koffi@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lucia koffi" <luciakoffi@latinmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:08:12 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CALL FOR ASSISTANCE


URGENT AND NOBLE PROPOSAL
FROM LUCIA KOFFI


DEAR ONE,

PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF GOING INTO RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU FIRST OF ALL I HAVE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF,I AM LUCIA KOFFI THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF LATE MR RICHARD KOFFI. I WISH TO REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION. I HAD REVELATION THAT YOU WILL SUCCESSFULLY ASSIST ME. I WISH TO INVEST IN MANUFACTURING AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT IN YOUR IN YOUR COUNTRY.

BEFOR HIS DAETH HE SECRETLY CALL ME ON HIS BED SIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS THE SUM OF SEVEN MILLION EIGTH HOUNDRED UNITED STATE DOLLARS USD($7.8,000,000.00) LEFT IN ONE OF THE PRIME BANK HERE IN COTE D’IVOIRE.

I WANT YOU TO HELP ME TRANSFER AND RETRIEVE THESE FUND FROM THE BANK HERE AND TRANSFER IT INTO YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY.
I WILL GLADLY GIVE YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOURT ASSISTANCE.

PLEASE IT IS IMPORTANT YOU CONTACT ME IMMEDIETLY,WITH THIS BELOW EMAIL:lucia_0koffi@yahoo.ca FOR FURTHER EXPLANATION.

WAITING FOR YOUR RPLY AND GOD BLESS YOU

REGARDS

LUCIA

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