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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  • obageliakusn@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM Miss.Obageliaku" <obageliaku1@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: obageliaku2@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 23:56:44 -0700
Subject: Hello Please I Need Your Help.

Dear

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
Obageli Okanga, 24years old and the only daughter of my late parents
Mr. and Mrs Okanga. 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 my steriously in one of his business trips
in abroad in year 12th.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 7 years old, and
Since then my father took me so special. Before his death on February 12th
2004 he called the secretary who accompanied him to the hospital and told
Him that he has the sum of Twelve Million five hundreds thousand United
State Dollars.(USD$12 500 000) left in a security company in a metallic
Trunk box, but the security company didn't know the contents because it was
Registered as family valuables items for security reasons. I am just 24 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 incessant political
crisis here in Ivory coast.

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. Please if you have any
question to ask me about this Transaction do not delay to contact me on my
above email address. I await your urgent response as soon as possible.
My private mail is obageliakusn@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks and best regards.
Obageli Okanga

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