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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:
  • "urgent assistance" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: usman dago <usmandago45@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <usmman33@uku.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 20:01:37 +0200
Subject: From Dago Usman.



From Dago Usman.

Dear, Suddenly you got this mail and may be doubting and wondering how I got your mail contact. Well, I got your contact from an operator of an internet services in the Chambers of Commerce and Industry here in Abidjan,Cote d' Ivoire hence I decided to write you, though I did not mention the transaction to him. I am Mr.Usman Dago,an accountant with one of the local banks here, New African Development Bank Abidjan the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire. I am contacting you on this business of transferring the sum of eight Million US$ (US$8 million) into a safe foreign account and it must be very confidential. I solicit your urgent assistance for the transfer of these funds into your Bank account. I wish to inform you that I discovered the said amount of money during our last audit work in the month of April 2005. Myself discovered this money belongs to one MR Kazu Bakayoko, a very rich farmer who died four years ago with Kenya airlines plane crash here in Abidjan. Mr. Bakayoko was on board with his entire family including his next of kin to his account since then nobody has come for claim these funds.

I therefore solicit your assistance to come out as the next of kin to Mr. Bakayoko. As soon as you agree to do so, we will arrange all formalities to transfer the money to your bank account . Note that all the modalities of this transfer are RISK FREE. I want to make the following points clear for you so that you can have a better understanding of why we are contacting you. 1-As civil servants, we are not permitted to operate or own a foreign account while in office due to CIVIL SERVICE CODE OF CONDUCT. 2-Our present financial resources may not be sufficient to process and procure all documents and formalities from varoius Ministries here, hence the need for a reliable foreign partner abroad is required for financial assistance as the case may be. 3-You will be forwarded as the next of kin of the fund. Your assisting percentage will be as agreed when you finally get back to us in this mail box; upon your response i will give you the next step to take for the transfer processing on your name.

Best regards. Mr.Usman Dago.
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