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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Flora Kouadio <mademoiselleflo12@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: flok198@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:44:46 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Miss Flora Kouadio,


Miss Flora Kouadio,
Rue de la paix Lot 251
District D’Abidjan
Cote D’Ivoire

Dear

My name is Miss Flora Kouadio(20yrs) am living in Cote D’Ivoire West Africa an only child and an orphan, it is true that we do not know each other in person but knowing someone starts in a day therefore It pleases me to contact you for a Financial business partnership. Although we have never met, but I decided to entrust you with this business.

My late father deposited the sum of eighteen million USD ($ 18,000000.00) in a top security company here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.The security company does not know that the metal box deposited by my late father is containing money.

Therefore I will want you to help me to retrieve this box transfer the money to your personal account. Finally help me to come over to your country and also help me in investing the money. I will like to invest in any of these areas.

1)Telecommunications
2) Transportation Industry
3) five-star Hotel
4) Estate management.

Iam offering you 15% of the total money as your compensation as soon as the transaction is concluded.I await your response as soon as possible to enable me give you full details.


May the Lord bless you.

Miss Flora Kouadio
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