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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
  • "million united states 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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "peter david" <david_peter@latinmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:08:43 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM PETER DAVID


MR. PETER DAVID

ATTN:=20
=20
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WRITE THIS LETTER IRRESPECTIVE OF
THE FACT THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME. HOWEVER, I CAME TO
KNOW OF YOUR CONTACT IN MY PRIVATE SEARCH FOR A
RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON THAT CAN HANDLE A
CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION OF THIS NATURE IN RESPECT TO
OUR INVESTMENT PLANS IN REAL ESTATE. THOUGH, I KNOW
THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE ANYONE
APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED, BUT I AM ASSURING YOU THAT
ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY.=20

I AM MR. PETER DAVID, FROM THE AUDITING SECTION OF
A BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN, COTE D=92IVOIRE. WITH DUE
RESPECT AND REGARDS, I HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU ON
A BUSINESS TRANSACTION THAT WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO
BOTH OF US AT THE END OF THE TRANSACTION.

DURING OUR INVESTIGATION AND AUDITING IN THE BANK, MY
DEPARTMENT CAME ACROSS A VERY HUGE SUM OF MONEY
BELONGING TO A DECEASED PERSON, A FOREIGNER WHO DIED
ON 31ST OCTOBER 1999 IN A PLANE CRASH, AND THE FUND
HAS BEEN DORMANT IN HIS ACCOUNT WITH THE BANK WITHOUT
ANY CLAIM OF THE FUND EITHER FROM HIS FAMILY OR
RELATION BEFORE OUR DISCOVERY TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.

PERSONALLY, I HAVE KEPT THIS INFORMATION SECRET WITHIN
MYSELF AND TWO OF MY PARTNERS TO ENABLE THE WHOLE
PLANS AND IDEA BE PROFITABLE AND SUCCESSFUL DURING THE
TIME OF EXECUTION. THE AMOUNT INVOLVED IS=20
TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY. I
BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE VIABLE AND CAPABLE TO
CHAMPION A BUSINESS OF SUCH MAGNITUDE WITHOUT ANY
PROBLEM.

MEANWHILE, ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS TO PUT CLAIM OVER THIS
FUNDS AS THE BONA FIDE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED,
GET THE REQUIRED APPROVAL AND TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY
INTO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE AND
DIRECTIVES AND NEEDED INFORMATION WILL BE RELAYED TO
YOU AS SOON AS YOU INDICATE YOUR INTEREST AND
WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST US.=20

I COULD HAVE DONE THIS DEAL ALONE, BUT BECAUSE OF MY
POSITION IN THIS COUNTRY, AS A CIVIL SERVANT WE ARE
NOT ALLOWED TO OPERATE A FOREIGN ACCOUNT AND WOULD
EVENTUALLY RAISE AN EYE BROW ON MY SIDE DURING THE
TIME OF TRANSFER BECAUSE I WORK IN THIS BANK. THIS IS
THE ACTUAL REASON WHY IT REQUIRES A SECOND PARTY OR
FELLOW WHO WILL FORWARD CLAIMS TO THE BANK AS THE NEXT
OF KIN TO THE DECEASED FOREIGNER AND ALSO PRESENT A
FOREIGN ACCOUNT WHERE HE WILL NEED THE MONEY TO BE
RE-TRANSFERRED INTO ON HIS REQUEST AS IT MAY BE, AFTER
DUE VERIFICATION AND CLARIFICATION TO DESIGNATED BANK
ACCOUNT. I WILL NOT FAIL TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS
TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE.

ON SMOOTH CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION, YOU WILL BE
ENTITLED TO 15% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS GRATIFICATION,
WHILE 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO TAKE CARE OF THE
EXPENSES THAT MAY ARISE DURING THE TIME OF THE
TRANSFER SUCH AS TELEPHONE BILLS ETC, WHILE 80% WILL
BE FOR ME AND MY PARTNERS. PLEASE, YOU HAVE BEEN
ADVISED TO KEEP THIS A TOP SECRET AS WE ARE STILL IN
SERVICE AND INTEND TO RETIRE FROM SERVICE AFTER WE
CONCLUDE THIS DEAL WITH YOU. I WILL BE MONITORING THE
WHOLE SITUATION HERE IN THE BANK UNTIL YOU CONFIRM THE
MONEY IN YOUR ACCOUNT AND ASK ME TO COME DOWN TO YOUR
COUNTRY FOR SUBSEQUENT SHARING OF THE FUND ACCORDING
TO PERCENTAGE PREVIOUSLY INDICATED AND FURTHER INVEST,
EITHER IN YOUR COUNTRY OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY YOU MAY
ADVISE TO INVEST ON.
ALL OTHER NECESSARY INFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO YOU
WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU. YOU CONTACT ME THROUGH THIS MAIL david_peter1950@=
yahoo.fr

BEST REGARDS.=20
MR. PETER DAVID

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