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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "million us 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)
  • "contract review panel" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: jenny kossa <jenny_010kos@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: jennykos001@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:52:31 +0100 (CET)
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED


Greetings!

Kindly permit me to discuss this problem of mine with you.I am Miss Jennifer Alice Kossa.
My Father was the chairman of contract review panel in my country Cote d'Iviore before the problem of the land reform program and political crises in my country he was assasinated together with wife . Before the escalation in Cote D Iviore he called me privately and told me that he deposited the sum of $10.5Million US dollars in a security company .So this money was in lodged in a security company here in Abidjan and later shifted to their representatives office in Europe due to political crises.

So I want you to help me make claims of this fund (10.5MU.S.D) beneficiary and transfer the money to your account or any account of your choice before I can get a visa to fly down.Furthermore, i am not begging you to send me money but what i will like you to do for me is to fly down to the Security company's representatives office in Europe to see and also verify very well before retrieving the consignment and also transfer the fund to your account of your choice.After the fund had been transfered to your account,you will now put hand inside the fund to send me some money to arrange my coming over to your country so that you will invest the fund into Lucrative business that will yield profit while i continue my education . I have agreed to give you 20%, of this Money for your assistance, and 75% would be mine and the other 5% would be set aside for any expenses that we may incure during the course of this transaction.

We have never met, but I want to trust you and please do not let me down when this fund finally gets into your account. Please if you are interested, get to me through my email address to enable me feed you with more details and all necessary documentations.

Please treat this as confidential.
Best regards.
Jennifer Alice Kossa



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