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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: george uto010 <george_uto010@yahoo.ca>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:46:26 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: GOOD NEWS FROM GEORGE UTO


FROM THE DESK OF MR. GEORGE UTO,
DEPUTY DIVISIONAL HEAD BANK OF lVORY COAST
1 KOUMASSI ROAD P.O. BOX 2674
ABIDJAN

ATTN:....................SIR,

I AM MR. GEORGE UTO, DEPUTY DIVISIONAL HEAD WITH
THE BANK OF lVORY COAST. I WAS PERSONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER TO
ONE LATE ENGINEER BANARD, OF YOUR COUNTRY,WHO TILL HIS
DEATH WAS A CONTRACTOR WITH ASHANTI GOLDFIELDS CO. LTD
lVORY COAST.ON THE 28TH OF NOVEMBER 2004, ENGR.
BERNARD, HIS WIFE AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED
IN A CAR ACCIDENT ALONG TEMA ABIDJAN EXPRESS WAY AND ALL
OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR
LIVES.

AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH,BERNARD HAD A DEPOSIT OF
$20.5M, WHICH WAS PROCEED OF A CONTRACT WORK HE JUST
CONCLUDED WITH THE lVORY COAST-AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS LTD.
THE PAYMENT WAS MADE WITH BANK OF lVORY COAST CHECK, WHICH I
PERSONALLY CLEARED UNFORTUNATELY, TILL THIS MOMENT
NOONE HAS COME AS HIS RELATION FOR HIS DEPOSIT WITH
US. I HUMBLY REQUEST YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER SO
THAT I CAN PRESENT YOU AS HIS NEXT OF KIN OR
BENEFICIARY TO HIS DEPOSIT. IT IS NOT A VERY DIFFICULT
THING TO DO ESPECIALLY AS YOU SHARE THE SAME LAST NAME
WITH HIM AND IT WILL NOT TAKE TIME TOO. ALL I NEED IS
TO CHANGE THE NAME AND PARTICULARS OF HIS
NEXT OF KIN TO YOURS IN OUR DATABASE AND I FILE IN AN
APPLICATION FOR THE RELEASE OF THE FUND THROUGH THE
PROBATE OFFICE IN YOUR NAME.

IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOU MUST BE HERE TO
CONCLUDE THE DEAL;I MAY REQUEST THAT THE MONEY BE SENT
TO EUROPE OR EVEN THE UNITED STATES FOR PAYMENT BUT IF
YOU CAN BE ABLE TO COME DOWN HERE IN lVORY COAST THAT
WILL BE THE BEST AS I WILL USE MY POWER TO MAKE EVERY
THING VERY EASY FOR YOU OR YOU WILL REQUEST FOR THEM
TO TRANSFER IT TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR
COUNTRY.

PLEASE CONTACT ME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ON EMAIL: I
WILL LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SHARING RATIO WILL
BE 30%FOR YOU 65%FOR ME AND 5%WILL BE SHEARED BETWEEN
US ACCORDING TO THE EXPENSES MADE INDIVIDUALLY DURING
THIS TRANSACTION. KINDLY GET BACK TO ME WITH THIS
INFORMATIONS AS LISTED BELOW SO THAT MY LAWYER CAN
MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO PREPARE ALLTHE NECESSARY COVERAGE
DOCUMENTS IN YOUR NAME AS THE NEXTOF KIN.

1,FULL NAME:..................
2,CONTACTADDRESS:...............
3,TELEPHONE ANDFAX:......................
4,OCCUPATION.:..............
5,NATIONALITY:...............
6,AGE:...................
KIND REGARDS,

MR. GEORGE UTO


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