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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)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "ABU KARIM" <dr_abu_karim03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: abu_karim222@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 19:27:01 +0000
Subject: FROM Dr ABU KARIM TREAT AS URGENT..

FROM THE DESK OF Dr ABU KARIM
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
BANK OF AFRICAN (B O A)
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO

Dear friend,
(THIS IS CONFIDENTIAL)

I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department
of BANK OF AFRICA BURKINA FASO. In my department we discovered an abandoned
sum of 22.3m US Dollars ( twenty two million three hundred thousand us
dollars)in an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customer who died on 31st JULY 2000 IN SUPER SONIC CONCORDE plane crash AT
CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT IN PARIS FRANCE along with his entire family.

(Mr.Andreas Schaner) FROM MUNICH, GERMANY) A BUSINESS COMMERCIALIST IN
WEST-AFRICAN REGIONS HE HAS BEEN DEAD SINCE SIX YEARS AGO AND SINCE THEN NO
CLAIM HAS BEEN PLACED ON HIS BANK ACCOUNT BALANCE.I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS
MONEY OUT OF THE COUNTRY BUT SUCH FUND CAN NOT BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT A NEXT
OF KIN ATTACHED TO THE FUND. THE FUND COULD BE TRANSFERRED IN THESE WAY,

YOU SHALL PRESENT YOURSELF AS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES TO THE DECEASED PERSON
[MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER] AS DETAILS SHALL BE THAT YOU ARE THE CARE-TAKER
BUSINESS ASSOCIATES TO MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER. AND HIS PROPERTIES.I SHALL
MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU MATERIALS AND INFORMATION WITH WHICH A SUCCESSFUL
CLAIM SHALL BE PLACED ON THE FUND. I SHALL BE YOUR GUIDIANCEAND INSTRUCTOR
THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS TRANSACTION SO AS TO ENSURE A SWIFT AND SURE
TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

AS TO YOUR BENEFITS, YOU SHALL BE ENTITLED TO 30% OF THIS FUND FOR YOUR
CO-OPERATION IN THIS TRANSACTION WHILE 10% WIL BE SET ASIDE FOR EXPENCES
BOTH OF US INCURED DURING THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION.SO IF YOU ARE
INTRESTED, SEND A REPLY TO ME IMMEDIATELY AND IN YOUR REPLY PLEASE INCLUDE
YOUR (PRIVATE PHONE AND YOUR FAX NUMBERS) URGENCY HAS TO BE IMPLIED AND THIS
BUSINESS MUST STRICTLY BE A DEAL BETWEEN BOTH OF US.

BEST REGARDS,
DR ABU KARIM.

N.B.In other for you to believe me honestly, go through this (website)
before you start with me. Below is the website.
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm)

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