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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
• 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.
  • wilkante@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "wilfred kante" <dr_wilkante01@biz.by>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 11:17:34 +0200
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF DR. WILFRED KANTE.


*FROM THE DESK OF DR. WILFRED KANTE.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
GROUPE BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)A
ABIDJAN-COTE D' IVOIRE.
PRIVATE TEL: +22566869365*
*EMAIL: wilkante@gmail.com*
* Dear Friend,

I am the AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) here in
ABIDJAN-COTE D' IVOIRE. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of
US$25m dollars (TWENTY FIVE MILLION US DOLLARS) during the 2007 annual
summary review in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer
(MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who died along with his entire
family in July 2000 in a plane crash.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELOW
**http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi*
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi>*/world/europe/859479.stm

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidlines and laws but unfortunately we learnt that
all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the
plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this
business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or
relation to the deceased base on mutual agreement between us for safety and
subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this
money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.

The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after EIGHT years, the money will be transfered into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this
business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a
Ivorian cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I agree that 30% of this
money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foriegn account,
10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60%
would be for me.

Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentage indicated. Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this
fund to you,you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of
the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your
private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and
location where in the money will be remitted.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text
of the application that you will use in applying to the bank. I will not
fail to bring to your notice the fact that this transaction is hitch-free
and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required
arrangements have been made for the transfer my me with my position in the
bank. W hen writing back to me i will like you to provide to me the answers
of this questions-

1.your age.

2.your marital status.

3.your occupation and country.

4.your private telephone and fax number.

Trusting to hear from you soon.

Your's faithfully,
DR. WILFRED KANTE.
DIRECTOR OF AUDITING/ACCOUNT/DEPARTMENT
BANK OF AFRICA(BOA).
TEL: +22566869365.
EMAIL:**wilkante@gmail.com* <wilkante@gmail.com>.
*NO: 1 BP 12 COCODY, II PLATEUX,ABIDJAN,
COTE D' IVOIRE.

NB: PLEASE IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THIS TRANSACTION STILL RESPOND TO ME
SO THAT I CAN LOOK FOR ANOTHER PERSON BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON THAT I
HAVE CONTACTED FOR THIS TRANSACTION BECAUSE OF THE CONFIDENTIALITY.

*

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