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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:
  • "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.
  • ericmorgan51@yahoo.com.br (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?eric=20morgan?= <ericmorgan51@yahoo.com.br>
Reply-To: ericmorgan100@myway.com
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 03:16:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM Mr.Eric Morgan


Meu novo endereço de e-mailAgora você pode me contactar através do e-mail: ericmorgan51@yahoo.com.br

MR.Eric Morgan

Branch Supervisor,

Banque International De L’Afrique De L’Ouest (BIAO-CI),

Abidjan,Cote D’Ivoire.



Dearest Beloved,



This mail may be a surprise because you did not give me the permission to do reach you and neither do you know me in person. Before introducing myself, I want you to please forgive me for sending the mail without your Consent while i also do appreciate talking with you yesterday on the telephone.



Dearest beloved I came to know you through my search for a reliable, transparent and trustworthy person or partner to assist me execute a vital private and confidential business transaction as stated below, therefore I am very glad I have found a person like you.



I am an Mr.Eric Morgan, a bank supervisor with Banquet International De L’Afrique De L’Ouest (BIAO-CI, I discovered an abandoned sum of 10 million US dollars (Ten million US dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who used to work with an Oil Engineering company here in Abidjan Cote D’Ivoire.(PETRO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ).



The deceased customer, Mr.Smith B.Andrea, On April 21ST 2002, was involved in an auto accident with his wife and their three children, none of them survived that tragedy along Grand Bassam express way here in Cote d’Ivoire.



All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of the deceased extended Relatives and family members which proofed unsuccessful.



After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.



I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by the deceased customer before the Government of Cote D’Ivoire and this bank jointly confiscate or declared the investment fund deposit as unserviceable.



My bank’s board of governors (directors) has issued me a notice to locate the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.



Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased customer so that we can proceed in the transfer of this account valued at ($10 million US dollars) paid to any account of your choice after which we could both share the money on a 50% for me and 50% for you An attorney will be contracted to help revalidated and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.



All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through.



I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of the law both at home and abroad.



Best Regards,

Mr.Eric Morgan



- eric morgan

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