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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • emkosun@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Emma Okosun" <emkosun2@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: emkosun@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:43:27 -0700
Subject: BROTHERLY GREETINGS

DEAR SIR/MADAM ,

BASED ON YOUR PROFILE, I AM HAPPY TO REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND
ALSO TO GO INTO BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU, I BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL
NOT BETRAYED MY TRUST WHICH I AM GOING TO LAY ON YOU.

I AM MASTER EMMA OKOSUN ,22YEARS OLD AND THE ONLY SON OF MY LATE PARENTS MR
AND MRS MARK OKOSUN .MY FATHER WAS A HIGHLY REPUTABLE BUSINESS MAGNET-(A
COCOA MERCHANT)WHO OPERATED IN THE CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST DURING HIS DAYS
IT IS SAD TO SAY THAT HE PASSED AWAY MYSTERIOUSLY IN FRANCE DURING ONE
OF HIS BUSINESS TRIPS ABROAD YEAR 15TH.FEBUARY 2004.THOUGH HIS SUDDEN
DEATH WAS LINKED OR RATHER SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN MASTERMINDED BY AN
UNCLE OF HIS WHO TRAVELLED WITH HIM AT THAT TIME.

BUT GOD KNOWS THE TRUTH! MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS JUST 5 YEARS OLD,
AND SINCE THEN MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL. BEFORE HIS DEATH ON FEBRUARY
15TH 2004 HE CALLED THE SECRETARY WHO ACCOMPANIED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL
AND TOLD HIM THAT HE HAS THE SUM OF TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY.(USD$10 500 000) LEFT IN A SECURITY COMPANY IN
A METALLIC TRUNK BOX, BUT THE SECURITY COMPANY DIDN'T KNOW THE CONTENT
BECAUSE IT WAS REGISTERED AS FAMILY VALUABLES ITEMS FOR SECURITY
REASONS.

I ASK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO ME IN THIS TRANSACTION, I WILL OFFER YOU %25 OF
THE TOTALL AMOUNT.

I AM JUST 22 YEARS OLD AND A UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE AND REALLY DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO DO. THIS IS BECAUSE I HAVE SUFFERED A LOT OF SET BACKS AS
A RESULT OF THIS. THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ACTUALLY BROUGHT SORROW TO MY LIFE. SIR, I AM IN A SINCERE
DESIRE OF YOUR HUMBLE ASSISTANCE IN THIS REGARDS. YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND
IDEAS WILL BE HIGHLY REGARDED. NOW PERMIT ME TO ASK YOU THESE
QUESTION:-

1. CAN I COMPLETELY TRUST YOU?

CONSIDER THIS AND GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AT MY PRIVATE EMAIL: emkosun@yahoo.com.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MY HUMBLE REGARDS,

MR EMMA OKOSUN

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