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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:
  • "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 orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Marcel kanda" <marcelk70@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:46:54 +0000
Subject: please reply urgent

Dearest One

Warm greetings from Marcel Kanda, son of late Engineer Jonathan Kanda. It is
my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to
establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I
believe, one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.

my Mother died earlier in 1998 so my father took me so special being his
only children but since the death of my father, his brothers and sister has
chased me out of our family house and denied me access to my father's
estates and other properties.

My late father was a chief protocol officer to Late Robert guei, former
military President of cote d' ivoire ( IVORY COAST, WEST AFRICA) before his
mysterious death during the crisis in Republic of Cote D'ivoire in 2002.
Before the death of my father in a private hospital here in Abidjan, the
capital city of cote d ivoire he called me and told me that he has the sum
of twelve Million US dollars (US$12m) left in a fixed/suspense account in
one of the prime banks here in Abidjan with my name as next of kin. he asked
me to find a God fearing Foreign business partner to help me transfer this
money and use it in investment purpose such as real estate management or
hotel management.

I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
1) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 19 years old.
2)To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to continue
my education and to secure a resident permit for me in your country.

I am prepared to negotiate with you regarding your percentage commission for
assisting me.

Thanks and looking forward to your kind assistance.

Yours faithfully,

Marcel Kanda.

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