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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "rose kone" <rose.kone@klikni.cz>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 22:02:06 +0200
Subject: From Rose Kone


From Rose Kone
Quais rue 9 06 BP 531
Abidjan, Cote D Ivoire.

I do apologize for approaching you in such a manner, but circumstances
forced me to contact you. I am Rose Kone formerly a medical student of the
university of Abidjan, Cote d Ivoire till my parents and my only brother
where killed by the current government because my father Mr Samuel Kone was
an opposition leader to the present government. Before the death of my
father, he has $4.5 m USD (four million, five hundred thousand dollars.) in
a fixed deposit (domiciliary) account with a bank in Côte d'Ivoire which I
am the next of kin.

I humbly need your assistance in the following ways:

1) To help get this money transferred to you.
2) To serve as the guardian
3) To make an arrangement for me to come over after this money is
transferred.
4) To look for a good venture where the money will be invested.


I am ready to compensate you for your effort in assisting me.

Yours sincerely,
Rose Kone.

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