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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:
  • "monrovia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: <philip_mkpam@centrum.cz>
Date:
Subject: FROM MR PHILIP MKPAM

=46ROM MR PHILIP MKPAM=20
Abidjan Republic of Cote D'Ivoire.West Africa=20
Dear,=20
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationshi=
p with you, please i need a trust-worthy person that will help me to=A0=
transfer this money=20
I am PHILIP MKPAM, the only Son of late Mr and Mrs IZUOMA MKPAM. My fat=
her was a very wealthy Gold Merchant in Monrovia the Gold Capital of re=
public of Liberia all in west africa my father was poisoned by his busi=
ness associates while my mother died when i was little and my father to=
ok me so special because I am his only son.=20
Before the death of my father on 14th December 2005 in a hospital here =
in Cote D'ivoire, he secretly called me and told me that he has the sum=
of
(USD $15 MILLION FIFTEEN MILLION U.S DOLLARS )
which he deposited in a bank here in Cote D'ivoire.=20
He also made me understand that it was because of this money he waspois=
oned by his business associates while on a business trip with them and =
he instructed me to look for a foreign partner who will help me transfe=
r this money out of this Cote D'ivoire and invest it for me, my purpose=
of contacting you is for you to help transfer this money to your count=
ry before this people who kill my father will kill me too=20
I'm now hiding in a local place here and I will compensate you with 20%=
of this money if you help me to transfer the money to your account l h=
ope you will not betray the trust i have on you because this money is m=
y only hope in this life and you will also help me to come over to your=
country to continue my education while you will invest my own share of=
the money for me.=20
I can assure you there is no risk involve.The money is an inheritance f=
rom my late father=20
I am waiting to hear from you,
Philip Mkpam

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