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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 sum of money" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "kaburi kema" <drkaburikema2@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:39:47 +0100
Subject: REPLY

FROM: THE DESK OF DR.KABURI KEMA
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANEGER.
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ANNEX.
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN .

DEAR FRIEND,

I AM DR.KABURI KEMA,THE DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING
SECTION OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ANNEX-COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC OF AFRICA
IN WEST AFRICA WITH DUE RESPECT AND REGARD. I HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU ON
A BUSINESS TRANSACTION THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO BOTH OF US AT THE END OF
THE TRANSACTION.

DURING OUR INVESTIGATION AND AUDITING IN THIS BANK,MY DEPARTMENT CAME ACROSS
A VERY HUGE SUM OF MONEY BELONGING TO A DECEASED PERSON WHO DIED ON 23rd
OCTOBER 1999 IN A PLANE CRASH AND THE FUND HAS BEEN DORMANT IN HIS ACCOUNT
WITH THIS BANK WITHOUT ANY CLAIM OF THE FUND IN OUR CUSTODY EITHER FROM HIS
FAMILY OR RELATION BEFORE OUR DISCOVERY TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.

ALTHOUGH PERSONALLY,I KEEP THIS INFORMATION SECRET WITHIN MYSELF TO ENABLE
THE WHOLE PLANS AND IDEA BE PROFITABLE AND SUCCESSFUL DURING THE TIME OF
EXECUTION. THE SAID AMOUNT WAS US$18.5M (EIGHTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS).MEANWHILE ALL THE WHOLE ARRANGEMENT TO PUT
CLAIM OVER THIS FUND AS THE BONA FIDE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED, GET THE
REQUIRED APPROVAL AND TRANSFER THIS MONEY TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT HAS BEEN PUT
IN PLACE AND DIRECTIVES AND NEEDED INFORMATION WILL BE RELAYED TO YOU AS
SOON AS YOU INDICATE YOUR INTEREST AND WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST ME AND ALSO
BENEFIT YOUR SELF TO THIS GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. IN FACT I COULD HAVE
DONE THIS DEAL ALONE BUT BECAUSE OF MY POSITION IN THIS COUNTRY AS A CIVIL
SERVANT IN THIS VERY BANK, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO OPERATE A FOREIGN ACCOUNT
WOULD EVENTUALLY RAISE AN EYE BROW ON MY SIDE DURING THE TIME OF TRANSFER
BECAUSE I WORK IN THIS BANK.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL REASON WHY IT WILL REQUIRE A SECOND PARTY OR FELLOW WHO
WILL FORWARD CLAIMS AS THE NEXT OF KIN WITH AFFIDAVIT OF TRUST OF OATH TO
THE BANK AND ALSO PRESENT A FOREIGN ACCOUNT WHERE HE WILL NEED THE MONEY TO
BE RE-TRANSFERRED INTO ON HIS REQUEST AS IT MAY BE AFTER DUE VERIFICATION
AND CLARIFICATION BY THE CORRESPONDENT BRANCH OF THE BANK WHERE THE WHOLE
MONEY WILL BE REMITTED FROM TO YOUR OWN DESIGNATION BANK ACCOUNT.

MAY I AT THIS POINT EMPHASIZE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AS I
HAVE MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL DEAL BEFORE CONTACTING YOU.

ON SMOOTH CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION, YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO 40% OF THE
TOTAL SUM AS GRATIFICATION, WHILE 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO TAKE CARE OF
EXPENSES THAT MAY ARISE DURING THE TIME OF TRANSFER AND ALSO TELEPHONE
BILLS, WHILE 55% WILL BE FOR ME.

PLEASE, YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO KEEP TOP SECRET AS I AM STILL IN
SERVICE AND INTEND TO RETIRE FROM SERVICE AFTER I CONCLUDE THIS DEAL WITH
YOU.I WILL BE MONITORING THE WHOLE SITUATION HERE IN THIS BANK UNTIL YOU
CONFIRM THE MONEY IN YOUR ACCOUNT AND ASK I TO COME DOWN TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR
SUBSEQUENT SHARING OF THE FUND ACCORDING TO PERCENTAGES PREVIOUSLY INDICATED
AND FURTHER INVESTMENT, EITHER IN YOUR COUNTRY OR ANY COUNTRY YOU ADVICE ME
TO INVEST IN. ALL OTHER NECESSARY INFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO YOU WHEN I
HEAR FROM YOU.

I SUGGEST YOU GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ON MY EMAIL, STATING YOUR
WISH IN THIS DEAL.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

DR.KABURI KEMA.

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