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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found 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.
  • james_kone1009@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: james_kone1009@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:10:50 +0200
Subject: From James Appeal for Assistance.


>From James Appeal for Assistance.

Dearest One,

i am James kone from Sierra Leone. i am writing you from Rep of Cote
'Ivoire where we have been taking refuge after the brutal war and murder of
my perants by the rebels during the renewed fighting in our country. Because
of the war my late Father sold his shipping company and took us to a nearby
country Cote d'Ivoire where he deposited US$18, 300, 000.00 Million in his
foreign account with one of the bank here in Cote d'Ivoire Pls, i prayed
over this issue before contacting you and due to the courrent political
crisis in Ivory Coast i am seeking for your assistance to help me transfer
this Money to your account and also relocate to your country to further my
study and i am willing to offer you 30% of the total sum for your help.
Please, Kindly call me on this Telephone , for more detail or contact me on
this e-mail(james_kone1009@yahoo.com) addresse for more details.

Best Regards
James kone.
tele +25507710123

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