419 scam: Consult KT <festusfo@yahoo.fr> Attention Pls:

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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:
- "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)
- ",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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Consult KT <festusfo@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: kdtoure@rocketmail.com
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 21:16:51 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Attention Pls:

Attention Pls:

I am the principal treasury officer with one of the prime banks in Cote d'Ivoire. I have decided to contact you through this medium based on a business proposal, which will be of mutual benefit to both of us. I know this might sound like strange to you because of a lot of activities going on in the internet today, but be assured this is for real.

Am the accounts manager to one of our late client, a national of your country, who used to work with an oil servicing company here in Cote d'Ivoire, the late client made a numbered time (fixed) deposited, valued at USD 15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million US Dollars) in my branch.

Upon maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, PETRO-CI Corporation that my client died from an automobile accident. On further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a will and did not declare any next of kin in all his official documents and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless.

All I require is your honest cooperation as foreign citizen to stand as the next of kin to the deceased person for the fact that you have same last name to enable us sees this deal under legitimate arrangement that will protect from any breach of the law for the bank to release the money to you as the next of kin so that this money will not be reverted to the government treasury as unclaimed . I will like us to share this sum mutually on two equal halves between me and you.

Pls understand that this is privileged information and must be strictly confidential. If you can handle this with me, reach me for more details.

Best Regards,

Mr. K. D Toure

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