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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:
  • "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "joseph kablan" <josephkablan44@superposta.com>
Reply-To: josephkablan@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:57:25 +0200
Subject: From:Mr.Joseph Kablan,


*From:Mr.Joseph Kablan,*
* *
*Permit me to inform you of my desire to go into business relationship with
you which I belief that you are a reputable, responsible and trustworthy
person I can rely on as a partner and as a matter of trust I must not
hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere transaction.

My name is Mr. Joseph Kablan, a Banker and accountant with a prime Bank here
in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire, I am the personal accounts manager to Engr
Thompson Patrick, who work with an oil servicing company here in Cote
Ivoire.

My client, his wife, and their three children 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 the n I have made several inquiries to the
embassy to locate any of Engr Thompson Patrick extended relatives but has
been unsuccessful. After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact
you of particular interest of this huge deposit with our bank here in
Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire, where the deceased has an account valued of about
($10.5 million US dollars). The board's of our bank have issued me a notice
to provide the next of kin other wise 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 three
years now, I am seeking for your consent to present you as the next of kin
of the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at ($10.5
Million US dollars) can be paid to you and then you and I can share the
money.

All I require is your honest co-operation 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.

Thanking you for your anticipated cooperation and waiting to hear from you.

Best regards.

Mr.Joseph Kablan*

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