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

Fraud email example:

From: solomon coulibaly <solomoncoulibaly9@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <solomoncoulibaly@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:38:00 +0000
Subject: Reply



Greetings to your family.

I wish to brief you about this (US$16.5 Million).I hope this mail meets you well.I am the account manager to Engr.Arshad maq Imran, a national of your country, who used to work with an oil servicing company here in Cote d'Ivoire.My name is Mr. Solomon Coulibaly, an Accountant with a reputable BANK here in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.

My client, his wife, and their three children were involved in the ill fated plane crash of the Kenya Airways Flight which took place at the coasts of Abidjan in which all passengers on board died. Since then I have made several inquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives but has been unsuccessful. After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his name over the Internet, to see if I could locate any of his relatives.

Of a particular interest is this huge deposit with our bank here in Abidjan, where the deceased has an account valued at about sixteen million five hundred thousand dollars (US$16.5 million).The bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to the deceased or the bank will declare the account unserviceable and thereby send the funds to the bank treasury. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over the years now. I will seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at (US$16.5 million) can be paid to you and then you and I will share the fund.

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. If you are intrested,please inform me immdiately via my personal email address(solomoncoulibaly@yahoo.fr). In your reply,give your full names, date of birth, telephone and fax numbers.

Thanking you for your anticipated cooperation.

Your faithfully,Mr Solomon Coulibaly.

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