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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. )
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
  • "cotonou" (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.
  • mrsgraceokoro@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Mrs_Grace_Okoro?=" <wilfredzaaki4@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 04:28:38 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?GREETING_FROM_MRS_GRACE_OKORO_AND_SON.?=


GREETING FROM MRS GRACE OKORO AND SON.

BELOVED RESPECTFUL ONE,

I am MRS GRACE OKORO an sierra-Leonian widow with an only son PETER OKORO and the wife of late Mr.GABRIEL OKORO of the blessed memory who was the former director general, National Diamond Mining corporation of Sierra-Leone before he is assasinated by the forces loyal to Foday Sankoh during the war in our country.

Immediately my husband was confirmed dead,I ran away with my only son,with some valuables, a cash of Four million five hundred thousand US 4.500.000.00 Dollars(Four million five hundred thousand US dollars) cash in US 100.00 dollars bill stacked in a box.

I do hereby wish to ask for your assistance in urgent business transaction that requires absolute honesty and secrecy.

Although I did not in any way disclose to my friend the details of this my proposal due to nature of this transaction.

I have really been waiting for a more suitable time and opportunity to contact you concerning this transaction.

Right now, the money is in a safe place, I deposited it with a security company for safe keeping.

I am using this opportunity to seek for your assistance to move this money to your country, to be invested on behalf of my only son.

For this business to be concluded immediately, all you need to do is to arrange to meet with me and my son where this box is been lodged, open an account in your name, pay in the whole money after clearing and transfering it to your chosen account.

We can't do that on our own because we don't have account else where, moreover, we don't have any business to cover-up that is why we needed your assistance.

I am ready to offer you 20% of the total sum and give you the full power to manage the reamaining 80% on be half of my son.

Contact my son MR.PETER OKORO where we are curently staying in a sister's house in COTONOU BENIN-REPUBLIC.

This money we deposited it in the best security company in COTONOU BENIN-REPUBLIC.

Please I want us to finish this business as quikly as possible. Reply me at this my email address. (MrsGraceOkoro@hotmail.fr)

Yours Faithfuly,
Mrs Grace Okoro And Son.


---------------------- ALICE N°1 de la RELATION CLIENT 2008*--------------------
Découvrez vite l'offre exclusive ALICE BOX! En cliquant ici http://abonnement.aliceadsl.fr Offre soumise à conditions.*Source : TNS SOFRES / BEARING POINT. Secteur Fournisseur d.Accès Internet

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