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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:
  • "hundred thousand 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: Udoego Gerald <geraldudoego1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: geraldudoegoci@hotmail.fr
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:10:43 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Urgent response required.


From: Mr. Gerald Udoego
Abidjan, Cote d¡¦Ivoire.
West Africa

Dear Sir,

Good day, firstly, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail instead of a Certified mail/Post-mail. This is due to the urgency and importance of the information. This project is based on Trust, confidentiality and sincerity of purpose in order to have an acceptable meeting of the minds.
In brief introduction I am Mr. Gerald Udoego I work with the bank here in Ivory Coast, West Africa as an accountant foreign operation department. In the discharge of my duty on this domiciliary account that has remained dormant for three years now with Four Million Eight Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($4.8M) in it.

However, I have made all the enquiries and discovered that the account holder died in Auto-crash without leaving any next of kin to the deposited fund. I am writing you so that I can work with you to remit the said amount into your account as the next of kin / beneficiary to the fund. It is simple process which will take a short while to process and outside this, the bank management will confiscate the money if there is no one that comes for the fund as you will be acting as the appointed beneficiary to the fund of which the depositor deposited the fund in the suspense account and a foreign Partner is his next of kin which he did not indicate.

I will tell you all you need to know about the fund deposit for us to proceed and also we will discuss percentage subsequently as soon as I hear from you. Do try to include your telephone and fax number to facilitate our communication.

Also provide me your direct telephone to reach you.

Thanks and God bless you.

Mr. Gerald Udoego.
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