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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "foreign remittance division" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "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.
  • koji_s01@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. SAMUEL KOJI" <koji_s01@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 15:58:40 +0100 (CET)
Subject: PERSONAL / CONFIDENTIAL LETTER


FROM THE DESK OF MR SAMUEL KOJI.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTS DEPT.
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DIVISION
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA)
ABIDJAN-COTE D´IVOIRE.
EMAIL: koji_s01@yahoo.fr

DEAR SIR, / Ms.

I am Mr SAMUEL Koji, Manager of Auditing and Accounts Department of
the Foreign Remittance Division, Bank Of Africa. I have urgent and very
confidential business proposition for you. On November 1999, an
American oil consultant /contractor with the Cote D´Ivoire Ministry of
Aviation , Mr. Barry Kelly made a numbered time (Fixed) deposited for twelve
calendar months, valued at US$25,000,000.00 (Twenty-five Million
Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and
finally we discovered from his contract employers, Cote d´Ivoire
Ministry of Aviation that Mr. Barry Kelly died from an automobile accident.during the 19th september 2002 coup attempt that claim million of lives .here in A bidjan including the live of the former head of states general Robert Guei and 21 members of his families.
On further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and
all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made
further investigation and discovered that Mr. Barry Kelly did not
declare any next of kin in all his official documents, including his Bank
Deposit paperwork.

This sum of US$25,000,000.00 is still sitting in the Bank and the
interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each
year. No one will come forward to claim it. According to the Ivoirian
Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the
ownership of the Cote d´Ivoire Government if nobody applies to claim the
funds. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner
to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Barry Kelly so that the fruits of
this old man´s labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt
officials.

This is simple, I will like you to provide me immediately with your
full names and address so that an attorney will prepare the necessary
documents and affidavits, which will put you in place as the next of
kin. We shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting and
notarisation of the WILL and obtain the necessary documents and letter of
probate/administration in your favour for the transfer. A bank account in
any part of the world, which you will provide, will then facilitate the
transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money
will be paid into your bank account for us to share in the ratio of 80%
for me and 20% for you.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction
will be done by the attorney and my position in this Bank guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please
reply immediately via this my private email address. Upon your
response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents
that will help you understand. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and
rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of
us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your
country
Awaiting your urgent reply via email or phone no
Thanks and God bless you
Best Regards
MR SAMUEL KOJI.




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