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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:
  • "please indicate your interest" (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. )
  • "trunk box" (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 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)
  • ",500,000" (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.
• 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.
  • miss_anna.k255@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "anna kouakou" <missanna.k25@gmail.com>
Reply-To: a_kouakou18@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 10:54:28 +0000
Subject: Dear respectiful one,


*Dear respectiful one, *

*Please pardon me if my mail has startled you, since we don't know each
other. However, I am compelled to deliver this offer to you, to seek your
assistance on a profitable business opportunity that requires a foreign
reliable partner for it to succeed. I had been a female Medical student of
the University of cocody in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, West Africa. *

*But the political crisis in my country had forced me to withdraw for now.
Few years ago, the Rebels in my country struck our town and killed my
parents in one of their attacks. My late Father, Fredinald Kouakou, being a
highly reputable doctor and politician in my country was a prime
target.Fortunately for me, I was in school in Abidjan when the attack took
place.*

*However, my life is still in danger!Before the death of my father in a
private hospital here in my country, he called me secretly to his bedside
and told me that he deposited a box containing the sum of $4,500,000 (four
million, five hundred thousand united states dollars) as the family treasure
in a security company here in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, My late afther further
told me that he used my name as the next of kin in depositing the box. He
told me that the security company does not know the content of the box, The
Trunk box was deposited as family valuable items. This was to avoid eye brow
or much tax/ demurage. He had earlier confided in me was for the
establishment of a medical establishment oversees, as stated in his will.In
my father's will, he specifically made it clear " THAT I CAN ONLY INHERIT
THE MONEY IF IT IS SPECIFICALLY USED FOR THE PURPOSE HE INTENDED FOR IT TO
BE USED! And that is to establish a medical institute in a foreign country,
with the kind assistance of a foreign medical doctor, or a reliable
businessman/woman, clergyman, or philantropist.He wanted me to practice out
of my country because of the unpredictable and serious potitical crises. *

*Accordingly, I intend to invest in your country in the direction that my
father had indicated before his death. This is my reason for writing to you.
If you are willing to assist me please indicate your interest. *

*OUR PECENTAGE SHARING WOULD BE: 75% FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOSPITAL
ABROAD 20% FOR YOUR SERVICES 5% FOR INTERNATIONAL / LOCAL EXPENCES INCURED.*

*Please if you have any question, I will be too willing to answer it.
Please treat as confidential! Hoping to hear from you soonest.
Thanks and best regards. please contact me through my private email address

**miss_anna.k255@yahoo.com* <miss_anna.k255@yahoo.com>
*Miss A.Kouakou
*

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