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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)
  • "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: kwarteng kuffor <kwartengkuffor_004@yahoo.ca>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:53:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: I await your urgent response


Dear Friend,
with the hope that you are okay and doing fine, this message could be strange but real, if only you will pay some attention to it. I got your contact details on the internet. As you will know that the internet is the fastest and the easiest way of getting connected to the business world.

My name is Kwarteng Kuffor, I inherited the sum of USD$16,800,000.00 (Sixteen Million, Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) from my late father, But l am faced with a problem. On the certificate of deposit which states me as the next of kin, my late father appended a clause stating that: I the next of kin, must attain the age of 35 years, before taking full control of the deposited fund in the security company; But, in the event of war or natural disasters (the security company should honour a release of the deposit which was kept as family valuables) from me which must be for the safety of the deposit; And in this case, I must have an investment manager, who will act as my guardian.
I am not yet 35 years, but Ivory Coast is not a safe country at this time because of the war, and the political uprising that we face here everyday. I want the Security company to transfer the deposit out of Ivory Coast, but the security company is insisting that l fulfil the conditions put down by my late father while making the deposit.
This is actually reason why l am looking for an investment manager. I would like you to be my investment manager. When you become my investment manager, l would instruct the security company to transfer the deposit to the country of my investment manager, so that you would be able to help me invest the money wisely.

If you would be my investment manager, please write me as soon as possible. I can be reached at this phone number: +225.08206366. I am willing to give you 5% of the total money.
I will be expecting to hear positively from you as soon as possible.
Regards.

Kwarteng Kuffor


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