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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:
  • "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. )
  • "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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • koformomo_01@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Momo Kofor" <koformomo@norilsk.biz>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 17:04:49 +0200
Subject: I NEED A HELP


*Goodday

GOOD DAY TO YOU, IT'S A GOOD THING OF KNOWING YOU WHO I BELIEVE YOU WILL BE
OF GREAT ASSISTANTS TO ME THAT WILL MAKE THE BEGINNING OF NEVER-ENDING
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.

I HOPE THAT THIS PROPOSAL WILL NOT BE AN INCONVENIENCE OR EMBARRASSMENTTO
YOU. I MUST NOT HESITATE TO CONFIDE IN YOU THIS SIMPLE AND SINCERE BUSINESS.

MY NAME IS KOFOR MOMO ODINGA, I AM 21 YEARS OF AGE, THE ONLY DAUGHTER
OF LATE MR AND MRS MENTU ODINGA, FROM NSHILI DISTRICT OF GIKOMGORO PROVINCE
IN REPUBLIC OF RWANDA MY FATHER BEFORE HIS DEATH WAS A PROSPEROUS COCOA AND
GOLD MERCHANT IN KIGALI, REPUBLIC OF RWANDA BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY DEATH, AFTER
HIS BUSINESS TRIP TO ABIDJAN-COTE D'IVOIRE, TO NEGOTIATE ON A COCOA AND GOLD
BUSINESS HE WANTED TO INVEST IN ABIDJAN –COTED'IVOIRE.

MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS LITTLE, AND SINCE THEN MY FATHER TOOK ME
SOSPECIAL. BEFORE HIS DEATH ON 12TH NOVEMBER 2003 HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAS THE
SUM OF TEN MILLION, UNITED STATE DOLLARS.(USD$10MILLION) DEPOSITED IN A
SECURITY COMPANY IN ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE, THAT HE WANTED TO USE HIS FUND TO
INVEST HIS COCOA BUSINESS IN IVORY COAST.

AFTER THE BURIAL OF MY LATE FATHER I CAME DOWN TO ABIDJAN AND WENT TO THE
SECURITY COMPANY WHERE THE FUND IS DEPOSITED WITH ALL THE DOCUMENTS
REGARDING TO THE DEPOSIT OF THE FUND THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY LATE FATHER.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE UNSTABLE POLITICAL PROBLEMS HERE LAST YEAR I INSTRUCTED
THE SECURITY COMPANY TO TRANSFER THE CONSIGNMENT TO THEIR AFFILIATE OFFICE
IN ASIA; THE CONSIGNMENT IS PRESENTLY IN CUSTODY OF THE SECURITY COMPANY NOW
WAITING FOR CLAIM.

I AM JUST 21 YEARS OLD AND A UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE AND REALLY DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO. NOW I WANT YOU TO HELP ME CLAIM AND TRANSFER THE FUND FOR
INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY BECAUSE I HAVE SUFFERED A LOT OF SETBACKS AS A
RESULT OF INCESSANT POLITICAL CRISIS HEREIN IVORY COAST. THE DEATH OF MY
FATHER ACTUALLY BROUGHT SORROW TO MY LIFE. I AM IN A SINCERE DESIRE OF YOUR
HUMBLE ASSISTANCE IN THIS REGARDS. YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS WILL BE HIGHLY
REGARDED. NOW PERMIT ME TO ASK THESE FEW QUESTIONS:(**
koformomo_01@hotmail.co.uk* <koformomo_01@hotmail.co.uk>*)


1. CAN YOU HONESTLY HELP ME?
2. CAN I COMPLETELY TRUST YOU?
3. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN QUESTION WILL BE GOOD FOR YOU
AFTER THE MONEY IS IN YOUR CUSTODY.

PLEASE, CONSIDER THIS AND GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THROUGH MY
PRIVATE MAIL
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU.

MY SINCERE REGARDS,
KOFOR MOMO.*

**

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