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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "accredited attorney" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Phillip Kapi" <phillipkapi15@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kapi.phillip@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:42:55 +0000
Subject: "BUSINESS PROPOSAL"


"BUSINESS PROPOSAL"


Hello Friend,


I hope this mail meets you well. I duly apologize if am interfering on
your privacy if this request is not acceptable to you. First I wish to
introduce myself properly to you.


My name is Mr Phillip Amani Kapi. The director of internal control unit and
branch manager of my bank here in Abidjan-Cote d´Ivoire (Ivory Coast), West
Africa. I knows that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the
end of the day. I am contacting you for a private deal here in my branch
office that involves the transfer of a huge sum of money from a deceased
customer´s account.


On June 1st 2002, a foreign customer and a business mogul based here in Cote
d'Ivoire, who specialised in export trade such as Diamond, Gold, Cocoa and
Coffee products in large quantities from Cote d'Ivoire to the western world
market, made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve Calendar months,
valued at 5,267,500,000.00 FCFA and the equivalent in United States dollars
is USD$10,750,000.00 in my branch. He was killed with his entire family as a
result of the bomb shelling by the Rebels during the civil war in the
Northern part of my country BOUAKE.


Now we cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for
claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guide
lines. Hence, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin
to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out by us for
the funds to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's/ next of kin.
It may interest you to note that I have secured from the probate an order of
mandamus to locate any of deceased beneficiaries/next kin.


Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavour by furnishing me with the following information.


1) I will like you to provide your personal profile data immediately and
address, telephone/fax number, so that the accredited attorney with our bank
will prepare the necessary documents in your favour as the legal appointed
beneficiary/next of kin for the fund transfer.


2) A bank account in any part of the world, which you provide, will then
facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of
kin. The money will be wired into your account for us to share in the
ration of 70% for me and 30% for you. There is no risk at all as all the
paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my position
as the director internal control unit and branch manager guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction.


Also I have found out on further investigation that he did not leave a WILL
nor declare any next of kin in all his official documents, including his
bank deposit paperwork and all attempts to trace his next of kin were
fruitless. This sum of USD$10,750,000.00 is still sitting here in the bank.
According to Cote d´Ivoire fiscal Law, at the expiration of 6 (six) years,
the money will revert to the ownership of the Cote d´Ivoire Government if
nobody applies to claim the funds. In summary, I will like you as a
foreigner to stand in immediately as the next of kin for the fund to be
processed and release to you as the legal beneficiary/next of kin. If you
are interested, please reply immediately.


Upon receipt of your response, I shall then provide you with my personal
details, my bank details where I work and relevant documents that will help
you understand the whole arrangement. Pls. kindly reply me.


Regards
Mr. Phillip A. kapi
Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire
Tel: +225.08.82.55.99

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