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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 deposit" (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 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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "George Raoul" <raoug21@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: graoul11@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:43:46 +0100
Subject: Good Day Jensen ,

>From Mr.George Raoul.
Cocody Cites # 233 des Arts,
Abidjan-Cote D'Ivoire

Good Day Jensen ,

I beg your excuse for the inconveniences this mail may cause to you .

I am Mr.George Raoul a Banker and accountant with our bank here in Abidjan.
I am the personal accounts manager to Engr.Norman.R.Jensen , a National of
your country, who owned a construction company here in Ivory Coast (Cote
D'Ivoire).

My client, his wife, and their three children were involved in the ill fated
Kenya Airways crash in the coasts of Abidjan in January 2000 in which all
passengers on board died. Since then I have made several inquiries to your
embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but has been
unsuccessful.

After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over
the internet,to see if I could locate any member of his family hence I
contacted you.of particular interest is this huge deposit with our bank here
in,where the deceased has an account valued at about ($16.5,million US
dollars).They have issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or the bank
will declare the account unservisable and thereby send the funds to the bank
treasury.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over last 2
years now, I will seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of
this account valued at ($16.5,million US dollars) can be paid to you and
then you and I can share the money 50 / 50.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through
I guarantee that this will be executed under all legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. In your reply mail, I want you
to give me your full names, address, date of birth, telephone and fax
numbers. If you can handle this with me,

Thanking you for your anticipated cooperation.

Best Regards

Mr.George Raoul

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