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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:
  • "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: Charles Ishmeal <charl_ish@yahoo.no>
Reply-To: charlesishmeal0040@yahoo.de
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:59:11 +0100 (CET)
Subject: From Mr.Charles


Good day

My name is Mr. Charles Ishmael, a Banker and accountant with the BIAO BANK Abidjan.I am the personal accounts manager to Mr. Robert Carroll from the United States of America, who used to work with an oil servicing company here in Cote Ivoire.

Mr. Robert Carroll, his wife, and their three children were involved in the Kenya Airways crash in the coasts of Abidjan in January 2000 in which all passengers on board died. Since then I have made several inquiries indirectly from the American embassy to see if I can locate any of my his extended relatives but all my effort has not been successful. After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contacted you to work with me to archive this deal which I proposing to you from my free heart.

See, Mr. Robert Carroll has an account valued to ($ 6 million US Dollars), and when he deposited this funds I stood as his guarantor because he use to my very close friend, 7years after his death the management of our bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or the bank will declare the account unserviceable and thereby send the funds to the bank reserve treasury.

Since I have not been successful in locating the relatives of the late Mr. Robert Carroll I will seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased client since you are a foreigner, so that the proceeds of this account valued at ($ 6 million US dollars) can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.I guarantee that this deal will be executed under all legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. In your reply, If you can handle this deal with me, reach me now through this e-mail box for more details.

Looking forward to hearing from you

Sincerely,
Charles Ishmael.




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