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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 united states 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 next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22502559522 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • konanjohnson1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Konan Johnson" <konanvictorjohnson1@myway.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: konan_victor_johnson_1@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:38:48 +0000
Subject: FROM Mr Konan Johnson/Treat Ungently.

FROM Mr Konan Johnson
Cocody Cités des Arts,
Abidjan--Cote D Ivoire

Good Day

I beg your excuse for the inconveniences that this mail may cause to you.
IT IS MY SINCERE DESIRE TO RELATE TO YOU THIS IMPORTANT BUSINESS,COUNTING SO MUCH ON YOUR GOOD SENCE OF UNDERSTANDING,AND BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN EITHER NOW OR IN FUTURE.

My name is Mr Konan Johnson , I work with one of the Prime Banks here in Abidjan Cote d Ivoire. I am the personal accounts manager to Engr.Norman.R Swank a National of america who owned a construction company here in Ivory Coast (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 (30 January 2000)which all passengers on board died.

Since the death of my customer, I have made several inquiries to his embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but has been unsuccessful. After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the internet, to see if I could locate any member of his family hence I came across your contact and decide to contact you.

Of particular interest is this huge deposit with our bank here in, where the deceased has an account valued at about US$35 million United States dollars. Being the personal a/c manager of the deceased's bank account, the bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin/beneficiary or else the bank will declare the account unserviceable and thereby forfeit the funds to the bank treasury.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over the past 2 years now,I hereby seek your consent (with due respect and honour) to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you live overseas, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you and then you and I will share the money 50 / 50.All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through.

However, I urgently need you the following information from you which I have to plase in the computer file of the deceased as next of kin/beneficiary: -1- your full name, -2- your date of birth -3- resident address.and i will like you to send me your telephone and tex for easy communication and here is my private email konanjohnson1@yahoo.com <mailto:konanjohnson1@yahoo.com> and can call me at +225 02 559 522

I guarantee that this will be executed under all legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Need you be interest, kindly reach me via my private email as indicated above for further details. Thanks in advance as I anticipate your maximum cooperation in this regards.

Thanks Your partner
Mr Konan Johnson

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