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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:
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "million us 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: koff williams <koffiwilliams101@yahoo.it>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:11:00 +0200
Subject: Hello Nikesh,



Hello Nikesh, My name is Mr. Koffi Williams a Banker and accountant with o=
ur bank here in Abidjan. I am the personal accounts manager to Engr.Jonatha=
n Nikesh, a National of your country, who used to work with an oil servic=
ing company here in Cote Ivoire. My client, his wife, and their three child=
ren were involved in the ill fated Kenya Airways crash in the coasts of Abi=
djan in January 2000 in which all passengers on board died. Since then I ha=
ve made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients exten=
ded relatives but has been unsuccessful.
=20
After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over =
the internet,to see if I could locate any member of his family hence I cont=
acted you. Of particular interest is this huge deposit with our bank here =
in,where the deceased has an account valued at about ($16.5, million US do=
llars).They have issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or the bank =
will declare the account unservisable and thereby send the funds to the ban=
k treasury.
=20
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over last 2 ye=
ars now, I will seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the=
deceased since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of this =
account valued at ($16.5,million US dollars) can be paid to you and then yo=
u and I can share the money.
=20
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through=
.I guarantee that this will be executed under all legitimate arrangement th=
at will protect you from any breach of the law. In your reply mail, I want =
you to give me your full names, address, date of birth, telephone and fax n=
umbers. If you can handle this with me, reach me now urgently with your req=
uested information and you can call me at +22505871189 for more discussion.=
Thanking you for your anticipated cooperationKoffi Williams
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