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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "with absolute secrecy" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.
  • pierrenicolas23@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: pierre nicolas <pierrenicolas02@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <pierrenicolas23@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 16:44:05 +0000
Subject: WAITING YOUR URGENT RESPONE



From : Mr Pierre Nicolas

Address: 4521 Ave Mithie Bp 13,
Private Email:pierrenicolas23@yahoo.fr
Dear Sir/madamI apologize if the contents in this mail are contrary to your moral ethics, which I feel may be of great disturbance to your personal life, But please treat with absolute secrecy and personal. I pray that this email reaches you in the best of health. l am Mr ( Pierre Nicolas) the Chief Auditor, with BANK OF AFRICA Cote D' Ivorie West African.(BOA CI). One of our customers Morris Thompson, with his entire family were among the victims on January 31st 2000 with Alaska Airlines Flight 261.You can as well confirm it by yourself through under stated Website of the incident.http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/Before his death, he has an account with us valued at $25.5m (Twenty Five Million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars).According to the Cote d' Ivorie Law, at the expiration of Three years if nobody applies to claim the funds a grace of thirty (30) days will be given before the money will revert to the ownership of the Cote d' Ivorie government. As it may interest you to know, I got your impressive information through Chamber of Commerce on foreign business relations here in Abidjan.

Meanwhile as a Senior Clerk Staff in this bank, I have in my possession all the necessary documents to perfect this deal by making you the bonafide next of kin/Partner whom this money will be transferred into your account.I need your assistance and co-operation to get this deal done. Because as a foreigner, you stand a better position to be presented through documentation as the next of kin/Partner since the deceased is also a foreigner,this is the reason why I could not do this deal alone as an Ivorian and a Blackwoman as well.My proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin or Distant Cousin for us to claim this money, so that the fruits of this old man's labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials who will later use the money to sponsor war in Africa and kill innocent citizens in the search for political power.
Please note that there will be no problem as my bank has made all effort through to reach for any of his Relation but all was fruitless. My position as the Chief Auditor in this bank guarantees the successful execution of this(Deal) transaction.This money will be shared on agreed percentage which must be written in the agreement of personal trusteeship, once the funds is transferred to your account in your country or anywhere else. I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. On smooth Conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 45% of the total sum as gratification,while 10% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone bills, while 45% will be for me.Please, you are advised to keep this "Top Secret" as am still in service and intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal. And I assure you that this transaction will not last more than 10 working days and you confirm the money in your account.I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm the money in your account If not interested please destroy the mail because of the confidentiality attached to it.I promise that this transaction will be done under a legitimate arrangement that will protect both of us from any breach of the law.lf you are interested and wish to assist me please contact me with the below information: MR PIERRE NICOLAS.
(Chief Auditor)
Private Email:pierrenicolas23@yahoo.fr
Best Regards.
Awaiting your soonest response today
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