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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam
The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.
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. 
Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
 -  This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.  
 -  The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
 -  "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
 
  -  This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams. 
 
Fraud email example:
From: KELVIN RICHARD <kelvin.richard@btinternet.com> 
Reply-To: kelvin1richard@yahoo.co.jp 
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:11:09 +0000 (GMT) 
Subject: MR Kelvin Richard 
 
 
 
MR Kelvin Richard 
Analyst credits 
Central Bank Côte d'Ivoire 
Email:â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦.  
   
Dear friend.   
   
MR KELVIN RICHARD contacting you and I will call you as soon as I get your message   
I am contacting you in this transaction because I am the Analyst credits in Central Bank  
Côte dâIvoire.  
   
MR  LEE YEONG KEUN. deposit. (USD$3.5M) United State Dollars. left in fixed Deposit account  
Right here in Central Bank Côte d'Ivoire . I have all the details and the particulars of the fund   
Indicating that the fund is still in existence and no body has applied for the claim Of the fund  
Since MR LEE YEONG KEUN is dead in  GENERAL HOSPITAL in South Korea on 20th Jan 2008  
At 02-01-PM.   
 
It has come to my knowledge that the bank wants to confiscate the fund hence no relative neither  
Partner of the late MR LEE YEONG KEUN has come or applied for the withdrawal  Of the fund.  
I have all the confidence   to explain this secret to you in order to claim the fund to your bank  
Account as a partner to the deceased MR LEE YEONG KEUN I want you to get in touch with me  
So that I will give you the contact of  the Bank Director  and Explain to him that you're a partner  
Of the deceased MR LEE YEONG KEUN is dead  In GENERAL HOSPITAL in South Korea on 20th  
Jan 2008 at 02-01-PM.  
   
The fund will be released to you as the partner of deceased MR LEE YEONG KEUN if you can  
Stand with the full details and data of the late MR LEE YEONG KEUN which I should order you  
Later, I will furnish you with all the necessary details of late MR LEE YEONG KEUN all together  
With the deposit receipt of the fund which our bank issued to him the Day he made the deposit   
in this  bank. 
  
I believe that no risk is involved in this operation since I have the complete details of the fund  
Including the papers the bank issued to late MR LEE YEONG KEUN, if question May arise from  
The Bank Director, I give you all the corresponding answers to the questions respectively. 
  
Your percentage remains your share in this transaction after the fund is transferred to your  
Bank account. Please note that no staff neither the Bank Director is aware that I linked this  
Information to you, I will be Happy if you can keep the secret of the transaction until the  
Transfer is completed.  
   
I linked you to this good deal because I know that our bank wants to impound the  
Fund for the reason That late MR LEE YEONG KEUN has no remote relative on either  
Side of the family to Claim this fund. If you can go ahead with my instruction, I will  
Come to your country to meet you And invest my share in Estate Management in your  
Country immediately the transfer is over.  
   
I abide to offer you 20% while 10% is for any expenses that may arise during the  
transfer process and I will come to your country to collect the rest 70%. 
  
You will send your bank details so that i will give you the contact of the Bank Director as soon  
As he approved your request to claim this fund. And you should not inform the Director that you  
Have been Sharing communication with me concerning this affair, this is a confidential operation  
Because I donât want the staffs of the bank or the Chairman to notice that I released information  
to you to claim this Fund since person has not come for the claim of the fund as the deposited  
has been noted dead long ago. 
  
I wait to hear from you to give you more details and the contact information of the bank Director.  
Best Regards.  
   
MR Kelvin Richard 
Analyst credits 
 
 
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