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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan 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.
  • f_utanga@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • kadel_001@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Kadel=20Utanga?= <f_utanga@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: kadel_0@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 17:28:39 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Inquiry From Hans


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: f_utanga@yahoo.co.uk

From Hans


Bp 1254 Abidjan 10

Vridi zone 4.Ivory coast

Phone number +22507807942



Compliments of the day,

I am Mr kadel Hans Utanga, the only child of late Mr and Mrs. Fedrick utanga, my father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant based in Abidjan, the economic capital of ivory coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discussion a business, my mother died when I was a year old. Before my father died, he call me and told me of the secret deposit he made with a bank here in ivory coast with capital tune of (sixteen million five hundred thousand, united states dollars) left in a suspense account in local bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as his only son for the next of kin in deposit of the fund. Please I contact you to do the following for me, most especially is for you to be my guardian and help me in the investment of this money. To make arrangement for me to come over to your country after the money has been transferred.

I desperately need your assistance to secure and move this money out of ivory coast to your account or any account that you will provide for this, since my only uncle here wanted to kill me and siphon the money.

I will take 20% of the total sum for your assistance in this matter while you are still the one to manage the money, till I finish my studies to join you in the business. I will give you more details, on your positive response, also include in your reply and acknowledgement of this mail your telephone number so that we can discuss in details. I'm anticipating hearing from you soon. Call on this number +22507807942 once you received this email.

I can be reached urgently through my private email address: kadel_001@yahoo.fr

Yours faithfully,



- Kadel Utanga

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