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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:

• 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.
  • mikekoffi202@yahoo.com
  • mikekoffi1@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: mike koffi <mike@mikekoffi.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:16:07 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?FAMILY_GOLD_=C2=A0?=


FAMILY GOLD

SIR,
I AM CHIEF MIKE KOFFI, I REPRESENT THE HEAD OF A ROYAL FAMILY RIGHT HERE IN GHANA.
MY FAMILY AS A WHOLE IS ENTITLED TO 350 KILOGRAMS OF ALLUVIAL GOLD AS ROYALTY EVERY THREE MONTHS FROM A REPUTABLE MINING COMPANY IN GHANA.
WE HAVE FACED SERIES OF CHEATS FROM SOME GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAD DECEIVED US UNDER THE FORCE PRETENSE THAT THEY WILL ASSIST US TO SELL OUR GOLD IN THE FOREIGN MARKET.
WE ARE SOLICITING FOR A REASONABLE MATURED PERSON WITH UTMOST HONESTY WHO CAN ASSIST US IN THE FOREIGN MARKET TO SELL WHAT WE HAVE AT HAND RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A CONTINUOUS EXERCISE.YOU CAN CONTACT ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE E-MAIL ADDRESS:mikekoffi202@yahoo.com,mikekoffi1@myway.com

AWAITING YOUR REPLY IF YOU CAN ASSIST US.
REGARD,
CHIEF MIKE KOFFI AGHEMA.

N.B.RIGHT NOW AM ON VACATION IN EUROPE WE CAN ARRANGE FOR FACE TO FACE MEETING.

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