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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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: "Charle Kouyate" <c_kouyate@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 09:40:09 +0100
Subject: partenariat

Hello Dear,
I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried,because the evil people have made us to lose trust on the good onces.but I am assuring you that everything will be well at the end of this transaction.I want you to trust me as i write to you on honesty and sincerity to assist me.

My name is Dr Charle Kouyate bank name undisclosed (for the purpose of confidentiality
for now),i am the remittance director of a Bank here in Cote D'Ivoire.It is my desire to contact you on honesty and sincerity to assist me in transferring the sum of $8,000,000(Eight Million United States Dollars)That was deposited by a Lebanese contractor based here in Abidjan Mr Nasser Qandil, who unfortunately died in the plane crash of Union Transport Africaines Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou, Benin Republic on the December 26,2003. You will read more stories about the crash on visit in this website: Www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/ <http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/> : The account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me that his supposed next of kin died along with him in the crash, i have made Several unsuccessful attempts to get to his relatives.I seek your consent as the remittance director of our Bank to make claim as the next of kin of the deceased.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the Law and am assuring you that it is 100% risk free.I want you to provide me with an account were i will transfer this money before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by our bank.you are to get 30% of the money for your assistance once the fund gets into your account.Please get back to me if you are willing to help me.you are to send the following
1.Your full Name and contact address
2.Your most confidential telephone and Fax number
3.Exclusive e-mail
So that I can forward to you the relevant details on how to transfer the money to your account.Thanks for Your anticipated assistance
Best Regards,
Dr Charle Kouyate

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