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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)
  • "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.
  • georgedonerson@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "doner son" <donerson@mobimail.mn>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:52:34 +0100
Subject: From Mr George Donerson


From Mr George Donerson

My name is Mr George Donerson, a Banker and accountant with a prime bank
here Abidjan. I am the personal accounts manager to Engr.Carlos, a National
of your Brazil, who used to work with an oil servicing company here in Cote
D' Ivoire.

My client, his wife, and their three Two 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 over the internet, 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, where the deceased has an account valued at about
($8.5million US dollars). They have issued me a notice to provide the next
of kin or the bank will declare the account unserviceable and thereby send
the funds to the bank treasury.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over last 2
years now, I will seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at ($8.5million 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 seeing 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, date of birth, telephone and fax
numbers for proper communications.This is very urgent you Reply Through
georgedonerson@yahoo.fr

Please contact me on the contact details below for more information.
Name: Mr George Donerson
Tel: 225-0755-5283
Email: georgedonerson@yahoo.fr

Thanking you for your anticipated co-operation
Mr George Donerson

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