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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: =?us-ascii?Q?florence=20konekwa?= <fkonekwa@seznam.cz>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:19:33 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: hi

Strictly Confidential
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire
Dear friend,
I am pleased to get in touch with you for a very urgent
business, although I don't know you neither have I seen
you before but my confidence was reposed on you when I
came across your contact during my search for a credible
overseas partner to assist me.I am 41years old, the wife
of late Mr.Alexsandra konekwa My late husband was a
produce buyer & exporter of cocoa and coffee.

He met his demise during a trip to the village in a fatal
motor accident with my only dourghter and two sons. While
I was going through my husband's file I discovered that he
deposited the sum of six million two hundread dollar only
(US$6.2,000,000) with a bank in Abidjan.Presently I am
soliciting your assistance as regards the transfer and the
investing of this money there in your country.

I am compensating you with 20% of the total amount,and 2%
miscellanous
now all my hope is banked on you and I really wants to
invest this money in
your country, were there is stability of Government,
political and economic
welfare.


You will also be required to assist me so that I can
futher my only survival son Augustin educational
carrier.you will be well compensated for this noble
assistance of your's.


Kindly contact me and my son through the above mentioned
telephone
number 00225-08-58-21-94
and email address respectively.

Regards,
Mrs florence konekwa

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