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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • kadel_0@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Hans Kadel" <hans_u01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kadel_001@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:48:48 +0100
Subject: Compliments of the day,

Compliments of the day,

I am Mr kadel Hans Utanga, I am 20 Year old I’m the only child of late Mr
and Mrs. Fedrick utanga. Late last year October 2005, the Rebels in my
Country struck our township and killed my Father and my only sister in one
of their attacks. My late Father, being the president Political Party of the
ruling class in my country was a prime Target.
Fortunately for me, I was in school when the attack took place. My father
was a very wealthy cocoa merchant based in Abidjan, the economic capital of
Ivory Coast, My mother died when I was a year old. Before my father died, he
told me of the secret deposit he made with a bank here in ivory coast with
capital tune of (six million five hundred thousand, united states dollars)
left in a suspense account in local bank here in Abidjan, that he used my
name as his only son for the next of kin in deposit of the fund.

Please I contact you to do the following for me, most especially is for you
to be my guardian and help me in the investment of this money. To make
arrangement for me to come over to your country after the money has been
transferred.
I desperately need your assistance to secure and move this money out of
Ivory Coast to your account or any account that you will provide for this,
since my only uncle here wanted to kill me and siphon the money.
You are to take 20% of the total sum for your assistance in this matter
while you are still the one to manage the money, till I finish my studies to
join you in the business. I will give you more details, on your positive
response, also include in your reply and acknowledgement of this mail your
telephone number so that we can discuss in details. I'm anticipating hearing
from you soon.
I can be reached urgently through my private email address: kadel_0@yahoo.fr

Yours faithfully,

Kadel utanga.

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