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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • koffibismark@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Koffi Bismark <koffibismark@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 13:08:35 -0800 (PST)
Subject: golden opportunity


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: koffibismark@yahoo.com



- NAME KOFI BISMARK EMAIL KOFFIBISMARK@YAHOO.COM ADDRESS NO 3 EAST LEGON ROAD ACCRA GHANA,WEST AFRICA. PHONE 00233 242704549 I hereby draft this mail to you in order to contact you for assistance into a gold business relationship for the future benefits of both of us. However,before i move forward i am bismark Kofi the son of King Nana Kofi of Accra Ghana,as the position of my father in our country Ghana,my father is controlling a big gold farm land and as the result of this there are a lot of golds here for sales but due to here in Africa there is no big buyers so for this reason i therefore decided to seek for a trusted foreign business partner who can assist us over there so that this gold can be sold there in abroad. Note:As soon as we built a business relationship with you and see that you are trusted we will go ahead to establish a gold company with you in your country which you will be the director. We can send to you 65kg of 22 karat through Airway bill or if you wish to come to Ghana to see things for yourself and after both of us will travel to your country with as many golds we can carry along. I hereby look forward to hear from you for a go ahead. Bismark Kofi

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