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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • 7@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "A N." <rawaa_11@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: rawaa07@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:14:11 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL..BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

FROM THE DESK OF:
MR DANBABA RAWAA
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA ANNEX
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.

ATTENTION://


FIRST I MUST SOLICIT FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION, THIS IS BY
VIRTUE OF IT’S NATURE AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL. THOUGH I KNOW THAT A
TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE, WILL MAKE ANYONE APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED BUT
I AM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DEAL.I HAVE
DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU DUE TO THE URGENCY OF THIS TRANSACTION, LET ME START
BY INTRODUCING MYSELF PROPERLY TO YOU. I AM MR.DANBABA RAWAA, THE BILL AND
EXCHANGE MANAGER OF THE BANK OF AFRICA ANNEX HERE IN OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA
FASO.I CAME TO KNOW YOU IN MY PRIVATE SEARCH THROUGH THE INTERNET FOR A
RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION, WHICH
INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY REQUIRING
MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE.

THE PROPOSITION:
A FOREIGNER WHO MET HIS DEATH IN ‘KENYA AIR BUS’ (A310-30) FLIGHT Ko430
THAT CRASHED IN ABIDJAN,COTE D'IVOIRE BANKED WITH US AT THE BANK OF AFRICA
ANNEX HERE IN BURKINA FASO AND HAD A CLOSING BALANCE AS AT THE END OF
SEPTEMBER 2000 WORTH $18,200.000.00 (EIGHTEEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS). THE BANK NOW EXPECTS A NEXT OF KIN AS BENEFICIARY
AND VALUABLE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY BANK OF AFRICA TO GET IN TOUCH WITH
ANY OF HASSAN'S FAMILY OR RELATIVES BUT TO NO SUCCESS. IT IS BECAUSE OF THE
PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE ANY OF THE LATE DEPPSITORS
NEXT-OF-KIN ( HE HAD NO WIFE OR CHILDREN THAT IS KNOWN TO US). BASED UPON
THIS DISCOVERY,WE HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE THIS BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU AND
RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS NEXT-OF-KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED FOR
SAFETY AND SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR IT AND WE
DON'T WANT THIS MONEY TO GO INTO THE BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUNDS.THE
BANKING LAWS AND GUIDELINES HERE STIPULATES THAT, IF SUCH MONEY REMAINED
UNCLAIMED AFTER FOUR YEARS, THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERED INTO THE BANK'S
TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUNDS.THE REQUEST FOR A FOREIGNER AS NEXT-OF-KIN IS
OCCASSIONED BY THE FACT THAT,THE LATE DEPOSITOR WAS A FORIEGNER AND SO AN
INDIGENE CANNOT STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN. IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS
DEVELOPMENT,SOME OF MY TRUSTED COLLEAGUES AND I NOW SEEK YOUR PERMISSION TO
HAVE YOU STAND AS NEXT OF KIN TO THE LATE DEPOSITOR SO THAT THE FUND, US
$18.2 MILLION WILL BE RELEASED AND PAID TO YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY
NEXT-OF-KIN. ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROVES TO ENABLE YOU GET THIS FUND WILL BE
CAREFULLY WORKED OUT ON YOUR ACCEPTANCE TO PARTAKE IN THIS TRANSACTION. MY
COLLEAGUES AND I IN MY DEPARTMENT HAVE SECURED FROM PROBATE AN ORDER OF
MANDAMUS TO LOCATE ANY OF THE DECLARED BENEFICIARY (NEXT OF KIN) AND MORE SO
I AM ASSURING YOU THAT THIS BUSINESS IS 100% RISK FREE.MEANWHILE YOUR
PERCENTAGE SHARE SHALL BE 20% WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF A FORIEGN
ACCOUNT, 10% HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR ANY EXPENCES WE MIGHT INCURE WHILE THE
REMAINING 70% WILL BE FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND I. AS SOON AS WE ACKNOWLEDGE
RECEIPT OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS BUSINESS PROPOSAL, I WOULD FURNISH YOU
WITH THE NECESSARY STEPS TO TAKE BEGINNING WITH THE TEXT OF APPLICATION
WHICH YOU SHALL FORWARD TO THE BANK FOR SCRUTINY AND APPROVAL. PLEASE IF
THIS IS ACCEPTABLE BY YOU, DO NOT MAKE UNDUE OF THE TRUST I HAVE BESTOWED IN
YOU.
BEST REGARDS,


contact me via my alternative email address..

rawaa.7@hotmail.com



MR DANBABA RAWAA
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA ANNEX
OUAGADOUGOU,B.F

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