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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: koffi nguessan <koffinguessan007@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 02:13:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION


Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is MR KOFFI N'GUESSAN. I work in the credit and account department of Banque Internationale de L'afrique de l'ouest here in Abidjan Cote d'ivoire in West -Africa.I write you in respect of foreing customer with our bank , before his sudden death in a motor accident here in cote d'ivoire in the year 2004 feb . Sir , since the demise of this customer . Mr Anderson jefferson who was a government contractor and cafe cacao merchant, i have kept a close watch of the deposit records and accounts and since then nobody has come to claim the money in his account as next of kin to the late engineer. He had only $7.5million in his accountand the account is coded. It is only an insider that could produce the code or password of the deposit particulars . As it stands now , there is nobody in that possition to produce the needed information other than my very self considering my position in the bank as his account officer . based on the reason , that nobody has come forward to
claim the deposit as next of kin, i hereby ask for your cooperation in using your name as the next of kin to the deceased to send these funds out to a foreing offshore bank account for mutual sharing between myself and you. at this point bi am the only one with the information because i have removed the deposit file from the safe. By doing this what is required of you is to send an application laying claims of the deposit as next of kin to the deceased officially to the director of our bank. I will need your full nama and address, telephone and fax number for the processing of the transfer in your your name and favor . Finally, i want you to understand that the request for a foreingner as the next of kin is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and for that reason alone an ivorian cannot represent as next of kin. when you contact me, then we shall discuss on how the money will be split between us. I will direct you on how to apply for the claims of this
money. Please if you are intrested and capable to carry out this deal with me, reply me through the above e mail.I remain Respectfully yours.
Best Regard.
Mr Koffi N'guessan.


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