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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.
  • mr.steve_ntarezeb@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mr.steve_ntarezeb@internet.lu
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:14:39 +0200
Subject: URGENT REPLY

Dear One,

I am a staff of BANK ATLANTIC, ABIDJAN – COTE D'IVOIRE, We had a client from Turkey resident in Abidjan, he was a Produce Buyer/Exporter in Abidjan
Cote d'Ivoire, He has in his account with my bank,the sum of (US$12.8M).he died five years ago with his family in Cote D'Ivoire War, Until today non-of his next of kin has come forward, for the money and none of his relativies have come for the money. Having noticed this, I,in collaboration with the Foreign Operations Manager and the Audit Director have covered up this deposit all this while to avoid the money going into the Government’s treasury
as an unclaimed deposit. Now we want you (being a foreigner) to be fronted as next of kin and forward particulars and other relevant documents to be
advised to you by me to attest to the Claim. I will use my position to get all internal documentation to back up the claim. The whole procedures will last
only Seven working days to get the money transfered to your account. I will give you (25%)of the total sum at the end of the transaction. This transaction is risk free.Thanks as I await your earliest response to my private mail address:mr.steve_ntarezeb@yahoo.fr

Regards
Mr. Steve Ntarezeb.

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