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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:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • addressszigana_chambers@mail333.com
  • zigana_chambers@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: koffi akimbo <koffi_akimbo1@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:44:10 +0100 (CET)
Subject: For your compensaction



Dear Gunilla Gerstenler

Compliments of the season.I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting that payment transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Fiji-Islands. Presently i'm in Fiji-Islands for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.

Meanwhile,i don.t forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring the payment despite the fact that it failed us some how in the past. Now contact my Attorney in Cote d' Ivoire,Barrister/Dr David Izidor Zigana, through this same e-mail addressszigana_chambers@mail333.com or zigana_chambers@yahoo.fr and ask him to send you the total sum of $120 000 US dollars which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciate your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with him and instruct him where to send the amount for you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we will together share the joy after all the sufferings at that time.

I would have loved to call you from here where I currently reside but due to the advice of my partner Mr. Alvarez , not to call because all internatonal calls are being monitored by the Fiji,s Anti-Terrorism Agents and international money laundering. At the moment, i am very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand . Finally, be advised that I had forwarded instruction to the Attorney to send you the money as soon as you request for it. So feel free to get in touch with him. He will send the amount to you without any delay and please,be informed that the $120,000 US dollars is in an international Bank certified cheque ( Draft.)


Yours Sincerely
Koffi Akimbo


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