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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • harry_k101@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: harry kwame <harry_kw21@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <harry_k101@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 19:44:52 +0200
Subject: From Mr. Harry Kwame



From Mr. Harry Kwame Banque internationale de l'afrique de l'ouest (BIAO) Abidjan COTE D'IVOIRE, Email : harry_k101@yahoo.fr Dear friend, I am Mr. Harry Kwame Manager of bills/exchange at the foreign remitance department of BANQUE INTERNATIONALE DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST. In my department, I have discovered an abandoned sum of US$15,500,000.00(fifteen Million, five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only) in an account that belonged to one of our foreign customers, The owner of this account is Mr. Morris Thompson an American,and he died since 2000 in an air crash along with his wife & Daughter on 31/01/2000 in an Alaska Airlines Flight 261 with other passengers on board. You can confirm from this website
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ We have been expecting his next-of-kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Unfortunately,nobody has come forward to claim this money. It is based on this that I have decided to establish a cordial business relationship with you, hence by contacting you. I want you to present yourself as the next of kin through your relation with the deceased, so that the funds can be remitted into your account. Moreover, i do not want the money to go into the government account as unclaimed bills. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that any account abandoned or is dormant for a period of 10 years, is deemed closed and all money contained therein forfeited to the government treasury account. Now, it is being speculated that the above sum will be transferred into the government account as an unclaimed fund, when nobody come forward to lay claims. The reason for requesting you to present yourself as next of kin, is occasioned by, the fact that the deceased (customer) was a foreigner, and i have access to his detailed bio data which you will hold as a weapon to present yourself as the next of kin. The mode of sharing after a successful transfer of the money into your account, shall be 60% to me, for the role you will be expected to play in this deal, i have decided to give you 30% of the total sum and 10% for the expenses we are going to encounter by the two parties in the course of this transaction. Please if you are interested kindly send me the details below: 1. FULL NAMES: __________________________________ 2. ADDRESS: _____________________________________ 3. SEX: _______________ 4. AGE: ________ 5. MARITAL STATUS: ___________________ 6. OCCUPATION: ___________________ 7. E-MAIL ADDRESS: _____________________________ 8. TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________ 9. FAX NUMBER: ________________________________________ I expect your urgent response to this mail as to know my faith. I shall contact you for further discussion on this matter as soon as you respond to my proposal, to enable us conclude this transaction urgently without any delay or hitch. Personal Regards, Mr Harry kwame.
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