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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:
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • kowelkora3@yahoo.co.id (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "kowel kora" <kowelk4@mail.mn>
Reply-To: kowelkora3@yahoo.co.id
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:04:48 +0000
Subject: From kowel Kora very Urgent Call Me +226 789 00 722


*YOUR ASSISTANT IS NEEDED*
**
*Greetings to you.Please pardon me for contacting you without any formal
appointment or communication. I am Kowel Kora in Dakar Senegal. I will like
to seek your assistance in receiving and investing the sum of 5.5M Pounds
held in a holding finance firm Bank of Africa Ouaga, Burkina Faso.*
**
*The money was deposited by my late father who was killed by the rebels
during the uprising in my country Abidjan-Cote d' Ivoire. He was until his
sudden death a diamond /cocoa dealer in Angola and Cote d'Ivoire which is
where he made his wealth. My aged mother and I managed to escape to Dakar
Senegal with the assistance of Red Cross officials. *
**
*We have confirmed the validity of this deposit then I decided to contact
you for assistance in relocating the fund to your country for further
business investment. I got your contact through the Internet data base while
searching for someone to assist. More details will be given to you as soon
as i hear from you.Please include some of your personal details for us to
establish a good business and family relationship.*
**
*I look forward to hearing from you. For more discussion Call me 00226
78900 722 Immediately you recieve this mail. Reply me on this my private
mail box for security reasons:
*kowelkora3@yahoo.co.id<http://fr.f243.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=kowelkora3@yahoo.co.id>
* *
**
*Honestly yours
Kowel Kora*

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