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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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Fraud email example:

From: "IKOBO CORPORATION"<alerts@ikobo.com>
Reply-To: <ikobovcenter@8u8.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:48:14 -0700
Subject: Our Ref: IKG/NG/ICO

Our Ref: IKG/NG/ICO
Your Ref:

IKobo is a company that specializes in money transfer through Visa Card. As
part of our commitment in bringing our services to the world, iKobo wishes
to announce to you that your email emerged as one of the lucky winners to
receive a grant of 2.5 million US Dollars.

This fund would be made available to you through an iKobo Visa card.
We have concluded plans to deliver this card to you as soon as possible. If
you are interested in claiming your prize, please contact the Visa card
dispatch center via email () with the following
details:

FULL NAME:
DELIVERY ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
SSN NUMBER:

As soon as we receive the above details we shall immediately proceed with
the delivery of your card.We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Please Note:You will be required to pay the sum of only $100.00 for delivery
fees cost and once that is done,your visa card will get to your location
within the next 24hrs.

Kindest Regards,

Derek Frank.

Funds Remittance Department
www.ikobo.com
Director Of Foreign Operations.

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