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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.
• 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.
  • famafaal22@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "fama faal jallow" <famafaal22@msn.com>
Reply-To: famafaal22@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:02:00 +0000
Subject: PLS: READ AND GET BACK TO ME ASAP.

Dearest, How are you today?

I am Mrs. Fama Faal Jallow, a member of the board of directors of Gambia
Telecommunication Limited.

On the January 18th 1998, an American telecom contractor based in Banjul,
Mr. Williams , supplied telecommunication equipment worth $8,000,000usd to
the
Gambia Telecommunications Company.

Approval for the payment was made two years after and the money was paid to
his account in the bank..

On my resumption of office in May 2002, I received a letter from the Bank
that Mr.Williams is yet to claim his money, which was deposited in his
account.


The bank had sent series of notification to him for claim of his money but
received no response.

We embarked on a serious investigation and discovered that he died in a
plane crash in 2000.

Furthermore, all the documents he used to open theaccount with the bank
provided no information about his next of kin.


Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account confiscated since we have been unsuccessfull in locating the
relations for over two years.

I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so
that the proceeds of this account valued $8,Million USD can be paid to you
and then you and me can share the money. 50% to me and 40% to you, while 10%
should be for expenses or tax as your government may require. I have all the
necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law.


You can view my website for my profile. http://www.gamtel.gm/fama.html


Please getback to me on my alternative email address... famafaal22@myway.com


Yours faithfully,


Mrs. Fama Faal Jallow.

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