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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
• 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.
  • adama_kabo@maktoob.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "adamakabo149" <adamakabo149@terra.com.mx>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:55:45 -0600
Subject: VERY URGENT


Dear Friend,

I am Mr.Adama Kabo, The Bill and Exchange Manager at the Foreign Remittance Department of BOA Bank,Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso. I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.

The transaction is about seeking your consent to present you as the next of
kin/ beneficiary of the US$10.5 million dollars, and who is a customer to
the bank where I work.

He died in a Kenya plane crash2003. with his family during their vacation
journey. I want you to visit the website below for more information about
the Plane Crash:

http://www.wral.com/news/2345844/detail.html
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

The Fund is currently in a suspense account awaiting claim, the bank made a
public notice that they are ready to release this fund to any of his relatives abroad.

In that regard, I decided to seek your consent for this prospective opportunity.

Have it at the back of your mind, that the transaction does not involve any
risk and does not need much engagement from you, since I am familiar with
this kind of transaction being an insider.

Necessary modalities will be worked out to enable us carry out the fund
claim under a legitimate arrangement. I have resolved to offer you 30% of
the total fund, 10% for sundry expenses that maybe incurred during the process of executing this transaction and 60% percent for me.

I will give you more details about the transaction and the application form
when I receive your affirmative response via my email address: adama_kabo@maktoob.com

Anxiously Awaiting for your urgent response.

Thanks and best regards
Mr.Adama Kabo

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