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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "hundred thousand u.s 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)
  • "00,000.00" (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 orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: <j_jokonya1986@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 02:34:06 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Jonathan

Dearest one,

It is our pleasure to contact you for a business venture which my mum and i intend to establish in your country. Though I have not meet you before but I believe one has to risk in confiding his secret to succeed sometimes in life.There is this huge amount of ($8,600,000.00)Eight million six
hundred thousand U.S dollars in a consignment box which my late father Mr.Tichaona Jokonya kept for us in one security company in Abidjan,Cote d' voire.

My name is Jonathan Jokonya,a 21 years old.I am only son of chief/mrs.Tichaona Jokonya.I am a native of Chikomba in southern part of Zimbabwe, Africa.
My father was assassinated by President Robert Mugabe's government group in his hotel room on June 24,2006.He was the Zimbabwe minister of information and Publicity and also a major cocoa exporter and cum politician,he acquired a very big farm for cocoa export which they took away from us
claiming that there is no official certificate of occupancy issued to my late father by government for the large farm land and it all happened because he was fighting for the right and freedom of the journalist and press company in Zimbabwe. while President Mugabe pretends that my late father is
the one of the key allies in his government the day he was buried and honored him with the National Heroes Acre, with full military honors.

Moreover, my late father made it clear to my mum that he did not understand what was going on in the ministry specially in his department that any time there is scheduled meeting with the president they had the meeting before the schedule time with the president and she told him if he did not
understand what was going on that he should please resign because the pressure is too much for only him and he said to her that he had an appointment with united nations officials that after the meeting he will look into it,on that very meeting he was murdered in his hotel room. But before that
he told mum that if any thing happen to him that she and i should leave country for Ivory Coast that he deposited the above amount in the security company which i am the next of kin but he declared it to the security company as Art work and family valuable item that are ready to export and we
should look for a foreigner who is willing to assistance for export.he warned mum no matter what happen we should not look for any assistance from home because if they found out they might take it all and leave noting for us.Dear i assure you that this exportation of the consignment box is total
risk free .

Now mum and i have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safer enough outside Africa for political reasons.Dearest, all we want you to do for us is to step forward as my foreign partner and the new beneficiary to the security company so that the money will be retrieve,
Remember he declare it as family valuables to the security company for security reason we have all the necessary information that back it up.we will sincerely give you 12% out of the money,5% for any expenses incurred during the transaction and the rest will be used for any investment preferred
by you in your country or investment purposes on these areas such as:

1). Telecommunication
2). the transport industry
3). Five star hotel

We are pleading to you with the name of Almighty God to help us out of this problem.If you can be of an assistance to us we will be very happy.


I am kindly waiting for your soonest response.
Respectfully yours,
Jonathan Jokonya.




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