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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:
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "MR MUSA AHMED" <mrmusa_45@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrmusa_1@myway.com
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:38:48 +0000
Subject: READ AND CALL ME 00 226 76 515 960.

Dear,
                   (CONFIDENTIAL)

This letter may come to you as a surprise,However let me briefly Introduce myself to you,I AM AHMED MUSA,THE DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF TELEX/COMPUTING DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (A.D.B) OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO.

I just want to share a mutual Business relationship with you which will benefit both of us at the end of it. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $8.7m(eight million-seven hundred Thousand United States dollars)In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died on July 30th 2000 of a Ghastly motor accident.

Upon this discovery,I now decided to make this business proposal to you if you can  assist me in transferring the sum of $8.7m(eight million-seven hundred Thousand United States dollars).immediately to your account.

Since his death nobody has neither applied to our Bank as his relation nor nearest person to him because his supposed next of kin died along with him in the motor accident and I don't want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained Unclaimed after seven years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as
unclaimed fund.

As it may interest you to Know, I got your impressive information through Burkina-faso chamber of foreign relations here in Ouagadougou Burkina-faso.I contact you to be my Partner and person to be viable and capable to champion a Business of such magnitude without any problem.

I have agreed to offer you 40% of the total sum if you agree to assist me  in the business  while the rest will be for me.Please I would like you to keep this transaction very confidential as you may wish to know that am still working in the bank as Bank official.

Upon receipt of your positive reply,i will send you more details of the transaction and how it will be executed.

Yours faithfully,
          
MR.MUSA AHMED.
THE DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF
TELEX/COMPUTING DEPARTMENT OF
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (A.D.B)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO.
PHONE:00226-76-51-59-60

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