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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:
  • "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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: ms aziallo <anellyesther013@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <nellyazialloesther@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 06:43:52 +0200
Subject: Investment Funds



Dear Respectfully One, I am Mrs. Nelly Aziallo ,a banker with one of the leading banks here in Ivory Coast. I am the personal Accounts Manager to late Engr. James Wood, a citizen of the United States of America who used to be a contractor with an oil servicing company based here in Ivory Coast, West-Africa. My client and his wife were involved in the ill-fated Kenya Airways Airbus 310 crash in the coasts of Abidjan on the 30th day of January 2000, in which all passengers on board died. Since then I have made several inquiries to see if I could locate any of his extended relatives but to no avail. This is the reason why I decided to contact you today via your private email address to assist in repatriating the money he left behind in our bank. Also, if you have an elderly relative who is still alive that is from one of these cities (California, Florida, New York ), particularly Tyler and Smith County in Texas. Please have a word to see if they knew any of the Engr. Wood's family relatives. Of particular interest is this large deposit amount with our bank where the deceased has an account valued at Four Millions, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only ($4,500.000 USD). Consequently, the bank has mandated me to look for the Next of Kin within the next fourteen (14) official working days, otherwise, they will declare the account unserviceable and thereby send the funds direct to the National Treasury. This is because in the next one month the government might be compelled to have his account confiscated as stipulated in Cote d'Ivoire financial law of Fund Inheritance Edict. This is reason why I contacted you so that the fruits of these couples will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. After discussing with my pastor about this matter, I decided to contact you so as to prevent the aforementioned funds being directed to the National Treasury since no one has stepped forward as the Next Kin to the deceased. I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceased estates since he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless, so that the proceeds of this account valued at $4,500.000 USD can be transferred into your account then you and me can share the money. There is no risk as all the paper work for this transaction will be done by the financial attorney and my position as a staff of this department, guarantees the successful execution of this deal. All I require is your understanding, honesty, sincerity and co-operation to enable us jointly realize this transaction. I guarantee that this will be executed under all legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. If there will be any problem, I (being the master minder) will be the one to face it. All other necessary vital information will be sent to you when I hear from you. I can always be reached at (Phone:0022507863311) for better discussions. Please feel free to call me on this number, it is my private number through which we are going to be communicating throughout the duration of this transaction. If I don't answer the phone I am probably at work, but you can always leave a message.Let me also have your point of view in this regards if any. I will stop here till I hear from you. Please respond quickly time is of the essence. Accept my esteem regards.Sincerely,Mrs. Nelly Aziallo.
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