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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "foreign remittance 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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?abdul=20francis=20kon=E9?= <kon_abdulfrancis@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:28:26 +0100 (CET)
Subject: SERIOUS PROPOSITION


FROM THE DESK OF FRANCIS ABDUL KONE (Esq).
THE MANAGER IN CHARGE OF AUDITING
AND ACCOUNTING UNIT FOREIGN REMITTANCE
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)
ABIDJAN - IVORY COAST , WEST AFRICA.


REMITTANCE OF $15 MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS
I am ( FRANCIS ABDUL KONE Esq ), the Head of file department in African Development Bank (ADB). I got your contact from Yahoo search. When I was searching for a foreign partner . I confirmed your capability and reliability to carry on this businees opportunity when I prayed to God or Allah about you.In my department we discovered an unclaimed sum of $ 15 million U.S.A dollars ( fifteen million U.S.A dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in (Monday 31st July 2000) in a plane crash. You can find information about this crash on this website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm .

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin
to come over and claim his fund because we cannot release it unless somebody applies
for it as a next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines,
but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died along side
with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this
discovery that I and one official in my department now decided to make this businness
proposal to you and release the fund to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased
for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don’t want
this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill. The Banking law and guideline
stipulates , that if such money remained unclamed after five years, the money will be
transfered into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next
of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner,
and an ivorian cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
We agree that 30% of this money will be for you as foreign partner,
in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses
incured during the business and 60 % would be for my woman colleague and I.
There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate trnansfer of this fund to you
as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the deceased
indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone
and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where the money
will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text
of the application I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free
and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required
arrangements have been made for the transfer.

Your’s faithfully,

FRANCIS ABDUL KONE (Esq.)

NOTE : YOU HAVE TO KEEP EVERYTHING SECRET AS TO ENABLE THE TRANSFER TO MOVE VERY SMOOTHLY IN TO THE ACCOUNT YOU WILL PROVE TO THE BANK. AS YOU FINISHED READING THIS LETTER CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE DISCUSS VERY WELL OVER THIS BUSINESS.


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Je suis le directeur du bureau de changes à la BAD-COTE IVOIRE . Je me nomme Dr FRANCIS ABDUL KONE. Dans mon département, il a été découvert une importante somme d'argent qui appartenait à un de nos clients qui mourut lors d'un accident d'avion en juillet 2000 avec sa famille entière ne laissant personne pour réclamer cette fortune qui s'élève à $15 M USD(américains).Vous pouvez avoir plus d'informations de cet accident sur ce site Web:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm .

Depuis lors, personne ne s'est présenté pour réclamer cette somme qui se trouve dans notre banque. Or, les règlements bancaires en Afrique stipulent que, si une telle somme reste sans revendication après une période de 5ans,ceci doit être virée dans le compte de trésor bancaire. C'est afin d'éviter que ce fond profite au gouvernement que mon collègue et moi avons décidé de chercher un partenaire étranger qui peu nous aider à faire transférer cette somme dans son compte bancaire. Ceci dit, vous devrez vous présenter au niveau de la banque comme héritier du défunt afin de devenir bénéficiaire de ce fond. Le choix d'un étranger pour jouer ce rôle révèle du fait qu'un ivoirien ne peut pas se présenter comme héritier(e) de notre défunt client. Nous acceptons que vous aurez les 30% du partage, mon collègue et moi aurons les 60% alors que 10% seront consacrés aux dépenses survenues lors du transfert. Une fois ce fond transféré, mon collègue et moi viendrons sur place chez vous en
vue du partage, conformément aux pourcentages sus indiqués. Ainsi vous devez me donner toutes vos coordonnées, ce qui me permettra de mieux vous connaître et de vous envoyer le texte d'application
(demande de transfert). Je vous rassure que ce business est à 100%sans risque et que vous ne devrez mettre en vous aucun atome de crainte.
Veuillez croire cher monsieur, l'expression de mes considérations distinguée.
Merci .

FRANCIS ABDUL KONE (Esq.)

NB : Cette affaire doit rester un secret entre vous et nous .























































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