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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)
  • "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)
  • "million 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)
  • "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "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.
  • mckalou@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: makall01 makall01 <makall0145@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mckalou@gawab.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:34:47 +0200
Subject: Hello Gil



Hello Gil Partnership Business, My name is Mr. Marcel Kalou a Banker and accountant with Bank Atlantique here in Cote Ivoire.I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a large sum of money from a dormant account. 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. I am the personal accounts manager to Engr. Lake Gil, a National of your country who used to work with an oil servicing company here in Cote 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 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 our country Cote Diviore,where the deceased has an account valued at about $16 million US dollars.(sixteen million dollars)They have issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or our bank will declare the account unservisable and thereby send the funds to the bank treasury.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives over last 6 years , I will seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have similar names with the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at about $16 million US dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money. 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, occupation, telephone and fax numbers.If you can handle this with me, reach me immediately for more details. NB: You can as well reply me through this email: mckalou@yahoo.fr Thanking you for your anticipated cooperation. Sincerely, Marcel Kalou
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