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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:
  • "confidentiality of this transaction" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Komathi Komathi <komathi9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <komath7@terra.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:16:57 +0000
Subject: From Brenda and Cosmin.



From Brenda and Cosmin. My name is Brenda 19 years and my brother Cosmin 17 years the only two children of late Dr. Komath Mardi from Sierra Leone. Our mother died when we were babies and for this reason, our father took us so special because we were motherless. Our father was the Director of the diamond co-operation in and Director Coffee export business in Abidjan Ivory Coast. Unfortunately, he was poisoned and he died in 2006 in the general hospital here in Abidjan. While he was still in the hospital, He called me beside his sick bed and told me that he had the sum of $7.500.000.00 Million USA Dollars in a Finance House here.

He also told us that Cosmin name was used as the next of kin for the deposit and he instructed us that we should use this money strictly for investments aboard and that he had an agreement with the bank that this fund is to be released to us when we are up to 25 years or above or we must present a guardian who must be from a foreign origin.

We humbly seek your assistance to be our guardian and to help us provide an account where this fund will be transferred in your country or elsewhere for investment and for us to further our education. If you are touched to assist us, please write back immediately include your telephone for further more details. Be rest assured that after the successful transfer to your account, we shall give you 25% of the total fund for your cordial assistance and 5% is mapped out for any expenses which you may incur in course of this transaction, 15% for the less privileged because that was the vow we made to God and 55% for us which you will manage till we finish our education. My late father advised us not to follow money first. He advised us to finish our education first because Education is the Key to success.

Please note that the confidentiality of this transaction would be highly appreciated for security reasons and for our life sake. Please call us 002250879268 immediately your read this email. Thanks and God bless you from. Brenda and Cosmin +22508792685
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