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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: maman belo <alh_maman4@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: mamanbelo@hotmail.fr
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 06:50:19 +0900 (JST)
Subject: CONSIDER THIS AND GET BACK TO ME

Dear Sir/Madam

I am Mr.Maman Belo, chief account officer working with one of the prime banks here in ivory coast west Africa. A contractor named Mr. Morris Thompson made a deposit in our bank valued at ten million five hundred thousand united states dollars (USD$10.5 million) Upon maturity, we sent a
routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.

After series of investigations, we discovered that the depositor died on 16 September 2007 in air crash along with his wife in Phuket International Airport, southern Thailand with Flight 269 with other passengers on board, however on further investigation,we found out that he died without
making a (WILL). and the money is still in our Bank without anybody coming forward to claim the money.If the over due fund is not claimed by the begining of next quarter of this fiscal year, the government of the Republic of Ivory coast will take over the ownership of the fund in line with the
Federal Edict Act of 1979. Honestly I do not want the government to take over the ownership of this money that is why I'm contacting you for us to work this out together, so that I will portray you as the confide next of kin to the deceased whose name is late Mr. Morris Thompson.
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No other person knows about this account. The Strategy now is to use our influence as staffs of the bank to approve the fund to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer of the bank. For your assistance in this deal, you will get 25% of the total funds, while the rest will be for me and my
colleagues.

So if you're interested forward your full names, age, address,occupation and phone numbers immediately, this will enable me to contact you for more informations on how to proceed. If you decide not to assist, just delete the message. Please don't divulge it to anyone.

Faithfully


Mr.Maman Belo




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