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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:
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Stelle J Kosa" <stellekosa10227@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: stellekosa10232@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:01:41 +0000
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS TRANSFER..........

Dear respectful One,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you. I know this mail may come to you as a surprise,since we have not
known or written before.

Introducing myself, I am STELLE JOSE KOSA, I AM 22 years of age the only
daugter of the lat Mr and Mrs.JOSE KOSA. My father was a Gold and cocoa
merchant based in Accra,Ghana and Dublin (Ireland), he was poisoned to death
by his business associates on one of their business trips.Before the death
of my father on 29th June 2005 in a private hospital here in
Dublin(Ireland). He secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he
has a sum of Twenty Million U.S dolers(US$20,000,000.00)

deposited in a Security and finance company in Dublin(Ireland), that he used
my name as his only daugter for the next of kin in depositing the fund. He
also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned
by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a
country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for
investment purpose such as expansion of his existing cocoa business and real
estate management there on how best to transfer this money to overseas
please.He told me that the fund is a trunk box as such the security Company
does not know the contents of the box.I am humbly seeking your
assistance in the following ways:

1- To assist me in providing an account of yours where this fund can quietly
be transferred into.

2- To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am still in the university.

3- To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
education and to help me secure a residential permit in your country.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for
your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund into your
nominated account overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset any
expenses we may incur. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards
assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within
the shortest possible time if you signify interest to assist me.

Thanks and God bless you Abundantly,

Your'Faithfully,

Stelle Jose Kosa.

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