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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 united states 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)
  • "million 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "remmittance 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.
• 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.
  • mrs.diana_haword@yahoo.fr
  • nom.nom@laposte.net

Fraud email example:

From: "haw.dain" <haw.dain@laposte.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:20:10 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Compliment of the season.


Compliment of the season.
From Mrs.Diana Haword
Internal auditor in Bill and Exchange
Foreign Remmittance Department
Financial Bank
Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire

Good Day.

With good purpose of heart, I write to seek for your co-operation and assistance to secure a financial deposit made by one of our late customer.

I am Mrs.Diana Haword, a staff in bill and exchange foreign remittance department with Financial Bank Abidjan, Republic of Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

I have a profitable transaction with you. I attended a banker’s forum meeting on 25th November 2005 in London and I got introduced to Mr.Kim Han Young, a renowned South Korea real Estate and property magnate. He later employed my services as a banker and investment Consultant, Three months later he invited me and told me of his desire to open a fixed deposit account in our branch, because he could fall back on retirement, under my professional guidance and based on my advice he made a fixed deposit of $12,000,000.00 USD (Twelve Million United States Dollars)

This deposit was for five years and upon maturity I made effort to contact my client. l could not reach him. I was forced to travel to South Korea and there I got the tragic news that, my client Mr.Kim Han Young, his wife Maria and their only daughter Arina Young, all perished in the Monday, 31 July, 2006 car bomb explosion in Russia city of Saint Petersburg.
After further investigation. l also discovered that Mr.Kim Han Young did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. And l remember he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank because he wanted to surprise his wife whom he so much loved.

As I am sending you this mail the sum of ($12,000,000.00) Twelve Million United State dollars is still in my bank, my concern is that. According to the laws of my country at the expiration of a certain number of years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.

Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Mr Kim Han Young so that you will be able to act on his behalf and receive his funds.

However, your compensation for this noble assistance will be negotiated upon your acceptance to help me as a foreign partner, since you are to provide an account for the claim.
Should you be interested please send me your full names and current residential address and I will prefers you to reach me on the email address (mrs.diana_haword@yahoo.fr)
Finally after that I shall provide you with more details on this transaction.

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.


Mrs.Diana Haword
Financial Bank
Abidjan Branch
Repubilc of Cote 'DIvoire
Tel.00225 03299248

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