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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "remmittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: marcus george <marcus_george99@yahoo.co.th>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:49:55 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: FROM FOREIGN REMMITTANCE DEPT


FROM FOREIGN REMMITTANCE DEPT
BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT
FINACIAL BANK COTONOU,REPUBLIC AFRICA.



Dear Good Friend.

Compliments of the day.How are you and your business today with hope that God is fully in control.I believe that you will be suprise to receive this mail in the
sense that you dont know me till this moment. I am marcus GEORGE the manager of Bill and Exchange at the Foreign Remmittance Department Of FINACIAL
BANK.I am writing following the impressive information about you . In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of $4 m, Us dollars (4 million US Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foriegn customer who died along with his entire family in 30/JANUARY/2002 IN THE PASSENGER PLAN CRASH WITH
KENYA AIRWAYS AIRBUS A310-304 5Y-BEN.IN ABIDJAN-COTE D'IVOIRE(IVORY-COAST).

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the decease as indicated in our banking guidlines and laws, but unfortunately I learnt that all his supposed
next of kin or relation died along side with him at the plane clash leaving no body behind for the claim. It is thereforeupon this discovery that I decided to make this business proposal to you and to enable the release of the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since
nobody iscoming for it and I dont want this money to go intothe bank treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after Two years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasure as
unclaimed fund. The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a beninois cannot
stand as next of kin to a foreigner. We will discuss our sharing percentage as soon as we establish a mutual relationship. After the tranfer I will visit your country for disbursment according to the percentages we will decide upon.

Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of thisfund to you as arranged,I will issue you an specimenof application which you will apply first to the bankas relation or next
of kin of the deceased.in the specimen of the application you will re-type,fill the
necessary information about you and summit it to the bank which the address be upon the application. upon receipt of your reply, i will send to you the
application.but at thesame time i will want you to include to me your telephone and fax number for our effective communication.Also i will like you to know that we have to keep this business secret between ourselves. You can contact me immediately through my E-mail address as soon as you receive this mail.

GOD BLESS YOU,

Mr.MARCUS GEORGE

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