419 scam: Richard Kabalu <richardkabalu@yahoo.com> ATTENTION THIS IS CONFIDENTIAL

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "huge deposit" (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 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.
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.
- richardkabalu@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Richard Kabalu <richardkabalu@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: richardkabalu@ymail.com
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:18:18 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: ATTENTION THIS IS CONFIDENTIAL

Its a pleasure to sent you this message, My name is Mr Richard Kabalu. a Banker and accountant with our bank here in Abidjan Cote dâ€™Ivoire west Africa I am the account manager in a branch to a nationality of your country, who used to work with an oil servicing company here in Cote dâ€™Ivoire.

Client, his wife, and their two children were On the 21st of April 2007 involved in a car accident along Yamussokro express Road here in Cote dâ€™Ivoire West Africa All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but has been unsuccessful.

After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over to contact to see if I could locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. Of particular interest is this huge deposit with our bank here in, where the deceased has an account valued at about ($4.5 million US dollars).They have 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 treasury.Â

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over last 2 years now, I will seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of this account valued at $4.5 million US dollars(Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only) can be Transfer to your account and then you and I can share the money, and I propose a 30% spilt at the end of the transaction.Â

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under all legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. In your reply mail, I want you to give me your full names, address, telephone If you can handle this with me, Here is my email you can contact me:Â richardkabalu@yahoo.com,Â Â Â while my telephone number isÂ Â 0022557317540.Â

Yours Sincerely,
Mr Richard Kabalu

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