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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million 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)
  • "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)
  • "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: <eugenelaurent3@mysinamail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:55:25 +0800
Subject: From Dr.Eugene Laurent

From: Dr.Eugene Laurent

Dear,

It is obvious that this proposal will come to you as a surprise but you don't have to be surprise because necessity has a way of inducing effort.

I request for your quick assistance in this {DEAL} that will benefit both of us without any risk involved either now or later.

I am Dr.Eugene Laurent, 56 years of age and the Chief Auditor of Banque Internationale Pour le commerce et l'Industrie de la Cote d'Ivoire (BICICI), there is an account opened in this bank in year 2000 and since 2002 nobody has operated on this account again.

The owner of this account was Mr. Emile Bouga Doodoh, a former Minister of Interior who was killed by rebels in 2002 civil war here in Cote d'Ivoire. Nobody knows anything about this account or any knowledge concerning the account.

The account has no next of kin or beneficiary, and from the investigation, it proves that his family does not know anything about this account and the amount in the account at the moment is US$17.2 Million Dollars (Seventeen Million Two hundred Thousand United States Dollars).As the money is in United States Dollars, I need a foreign partner/account to transfer the money overseas thus I am contacting you.

Please kindly indicate and contact me on the above email address to enable me inform you on next step to take. I need your full co-operation to make this transaction work because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information on this account, which I will give you if you indicate your interest.

I hope you can be able to handle such amount in strict confidence because this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need truthful person in this business relationship because I don¡¦t want to make any mistake. I need your strong assurance and confidentiality.

With my position now in the office, I can transfer this money to any reliable foreign account, with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing.

All documents regarding this transaction will be destroyed once I received confirmation of the money in your account thus leaving no trace to anything. I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately on confirmation that you have received this fund into your designated account.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 25% of the total amount, will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses that both of us might incur during the course of this transaction.

Please note that this is our only opportunity and the way our Almighty God want to make us rich people with Millions of United States Dollars this Year 2008, we don¡¦t have to loose it because opportunity comes only but once in life.

Finally, please if you are interested in this transaction, all I want you to do is to send me your Private Mobile Phone and Fax Numbers for Easy Communication including your residence address and your Personal Bank Account Details, where this money will be transferred into.

While I¡¦m looking forward to receive your immediate reply by email as soon as you receive this letter.

Thanks and have a nice day.

Dr.Eugene Laurent

(Chief Auditor BICICI)

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