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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 u.s 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)
  • "30% for you " (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)
  • "urgent assistance" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: marietta temah <mrsmtemah72@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: mtemah01@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 18:22:31 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: your respect


COMMERCIAL BANK OF AFRICA
Address:Rue de Plateaux 2,
BP 09095, Abidjan 3,
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.

Your respect,
I am Mrs.Marietta Temah, secretary to the Foreign Remittance Officer, COMMERCIAL BANK OF AFRICA. With due respect and regard I wish to seek your urgent assistance to transfer the sum of (U.S$12.6M) Twelve Million Six Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars from the above mentioned bank to your own bank account for safe keep and future investment purposes.

This fund belongs to one of our customers (of blessed memory ) who died in a plane crash and his fund has been lying dormant in our bank without any claim both from his family or relatives. I am contacting you to present you as the next of kin (beneficiary) to the deceased. There is no risk in this transaction, all loope holes have been taken care of and all necessary informations as regards to this fund have been secured.

Please be notified that we are still working with the bank and it's only I and my boss that have knowledge of this project (status of our positions) thus do kindly treat this proposal as confidential and secret for security of our jobs and speedy and successful transfer of the fund to your norminated bank account. I have served the bank faithfully for good number of years and 'am presently preparing for my retirement, hence I see this as an opportunity to be comfortable in life after retirement and help the poor and the needy. As soon as this fund is secured into your account we will prepare our papers, secure visa to come and meet with you in your country for sharing ratio accordingly to this ratio: 30% for you the account owner, 65% for ours, while 5% will be set aside for expenses made during the transaction and these include cost of securing the needed documents, cost of transfer and Taxes.

Looking foward to receiving positive response for further details.

Kind regards,
Mrs.Marietta Temah


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