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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:
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • officialpresidency@oued.org
  • revlarsaccountant_1@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: adbpresident@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:14:28 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?IRREVOCABLE=20RELEASE=20OF=20YOUR=20PAYMENT=20?=

>From Desk of the President African Development Bank,
(WWW.AFDB.ORG) No 12 Tinubu Square Lagos-Nigeria
Official Email:officialpresidency@oued.org

Subject: Your Fund Release

I am Mr. Donald Kaberuka, the President African Development Bank. This is
to bring to your notice that my office has taking over all the money Transaction
originated from any part of African and European countries as Contract payment,
Fund inheritance or Lottery Winning due to unauthorized/incapability of
financial Institutions/security companies in releasing such huge sum of
money due to Fraud, terrorist and money Laundry activities going on world
wide.

The World Bank Group has mandated the African Development bank via my Office
to release funds to beneficiaries through Electronics Swift Transfer.

Most importantly, be aware that Seven Hundred Thousand US Dollars Only (700,000.00)
was allocated to you as a part payment of your fund from the entire fund
that was released to us from the World Bank Auditors

Now contact Rev Kampson Lars on this email address: revlarsaccountant_1@myway.com
with means of identification such as international passport or drivers
license to process your fund transfer

Now, we are working 24 Hours to be able to meet with the mandate given by
the World Bank. Thanks.

Mr. Donald Kaberuka (President)
www.afdb.org





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