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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "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: hilda kofigo <hildak0023@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <hildak001@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 14:26:29 +0100
Subject: my mission



BANK DE COMMERCE CI
VILLE 03 RUE DE COMMERCEBP 22551, 0 CINQ ABIDJAN,
COTE D'IVOIRE.
My Mission:
I am Ms.Hilda Kofigo, secretary to Director of Due Process -Bank De Commerce, Cote D'ivoire. He asked me to confide in you this business opportunity which details is here below:

We discovered a floating fund totalling U.S$16.2M (Sixteen Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). The depositor of this fund had died in an auto crash here in Cote d'ivoire and in our last auditting it was found out that he did not specify any name in his file as his next of kin neither did he WILL this fund to any family relative. We are priviIedged to have access to this information as regards of our positions in the bank. So after due study of the files my boss confidentially asked me to contact you in confidence if you can accept to work with us, to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the fund can be transfered to you as an inherittance funds. Be rest assured, there is absolutely no risk in this transaction both now and afterwards as all the informations to perfect claims of this fund is in our possession and will be relayed to you as soon as you indicated acceptance to work with us towards concluding the transaction and receiving it into your own bank account.
Directives of procedures will adequately be furnished to you and have this fund remitted into your norminated bank account safely and legally. As soon as this fund is secured into your account we will furnish you informations on how to open a non resident bank accounts in our names and get our shares duely transfered into it, or we can visit you in your country to have our shares deposited into offshore accounts. We are prepared to offer you 25% of this fund if you accept to work in confidence and truth with us.

5% of the fund will take charge of Taxes, cost of transfer and cost of securing legal papers in your favour to perfect the project for approval.
Do kindly indicate your interest urgently so that I can furnish you further details of procedure.

Kind regards,Hilda Kofigo
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