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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found 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.
  • kaliko.desmond@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3akaliko.desmond@yahoo.it

Fraud email example:

From: "kaliko desmond" <kalikodesmond07@me.by>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 07:17:42 +0200
Subject: ALL WE NEED IS HONEST


Dear Friend.

I am Mr Kaliko Desmond,

Warmest greetings to you,I know this letter will definitely comes to you as
a suprise.I am Mr Kaliko Desmond the Auditor General in African Development
Bank Republic Du Benin.

During the course of our auditing I discovered a floating funds in an
account opened in the Bank in 2000 and since 2005 nobody has operated on
this account again.After going through some old files in the records, I
discovered that the owner of the account died without a [heir] So I am
soliciting for your assitance to present you as the next of kin to the
decease hence he does not have some one as his next of kin to inherit the
funds the sum of usd$3.1M

Therefore if you are interested to work with me, urgently get back to me so
that I will give you more informations and how the funds shall be
successfuly transfer to you by the Bank.

I look forward to your reply soonest,through my private
email:kaliko.desmond@yahoo.it <email%3Akaliko.desmond@yahoo.it>
(========================)

Sincerely.

Mr Kaliko Desmond

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