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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)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Kaita Olndo <sir_kaita_300@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:54:39 +0100 (CET)
Subject: FROM SIR OLANDO KAITA


FROM SIR OLANDO KAITA
ABIDJAN, REPUBLIC OF COTE D,IVOIRE
WEST AFRICA

ATTN ,
I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign
remittance department of a bank here in Abidjan Cote d'ivoire.

I am writing following the impressive information
about you through my research from your country
directory which assured me of your capability and
reliability to champion this businees opportunity,
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of
$4.5m US dollars four million, five hundred
thousand U.S dollars In an account that belongs to
one of our foreign customer who died along with his
entire family in a concord plane crash in the year
2000 in paris that almost took the whole life of the
pasengeres on board Since we got information about his
death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come
over and claim his money because we can not
release unless somebody applies for it as next of kin
or relation to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that
all his supposed next of kin or beneficiary died
alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody
behind for the claim.

Therefore upon this discovery that i now decided to
make this businness proposal to you and release the
money to you as the beneficiary or next of kin to the
deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since
nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to
go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if
such money remained unclamed after five years, the
money will be transfered into the Bank treasury
account as unclaimed fund.

The request of foreigner as the beneficiary or next of
kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that
the customer was a foreigner and an Ivoirean cannot
stand as next of kin to a foreigner.

I agree that 30 % of this money will be for you as
foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a
foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses
incured during the business and 60 % would be for me
there after I will visit your country for disbursement
accoding to the percentages indicated,
remember the transfer of this money does not matter
your nationality you will apply as the beneficiary or
nesx of kin.

Therefore to enable the immediate trnansfer of this
fund to you as arranged you must apply first to the bank as the beneficiary or
nextof kin of the deceased indicating your bank name,
your bank account number your private telephone and
fax number for easy and effective communication and
location where in the money will be remitted.

Upon receipt of your reply I will send to you by
email the text of the application I will not fail to
bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch
free and that you should not entertain any atom of
fear as all required arrangements have been made for
the transfer,i assure you once more again that no risk is involved in
the transfer of this money into your account i am
arranging everything in your favour.

You should contact me immediately as soon as you
receive this letter,
Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Your's faithfully,

Sir Olando Kaita

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