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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "mr_candazyoder1" <mr_candazyoder1@terra.com.mx>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 17:42:42 -0600
Subject: Dear Friend


>From The Desk Of
Candaz Yoder.
Cote D' Ivoire
EMAIL:candazyoder2000@zonai.com

Dear Friend,
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
I crave your indulgence as I contact you in such a surprising manner and I want you to bear in mind that this is not a hoax mail But I respectfully insist you read this mail carefully as I am optimistic it will open door for unimaginable financial reward for both of us.
I am Mr.Candaz Yoder,Audit and Accounting Director with a Bank here in Cote D' Ivoire. Also the Personal Account Manager to late Mr. Andreas Ryan, Manager of European Commission Sponsored Development Projects in Cote D' Ivoire, herein shall be refered as my client.

On the 22nd of October 2005, my client and his family was a victim of Bellview Airlines Flight No. B3210 air crash which killed all 117 passengers on board which occured in Nigeria. Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client's extended relatives and this has been unsuccessful hence, I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confisicated or declared unusable by our Bank where this fund US$15.7M ( FIFTEEN MILLION,SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) is lodged.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin/Relative of the deceased since you a foreigner so that you will make claim of this US$15.7M and transferred into your account and then you and I will share this fund as follows 40% for you,60% for me. Your honest co-operation and confidentiality are required to enable successful execution of this business.Since I was unable to trace his of next of kin neither relative for the claim of the fund.
I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement.

Yours Sincerelly,
Mr.Candaz Yoder.

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