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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "you will take 25%" (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.
• 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.
  • ous_mh@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Ousman Mohammed <ous210moh@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: ous_mh@myway.com
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:13:11 +0200
Subject: Highly Confidential


From The Desk Of:
Dr Ousman Mohammed.
Dakar,Senegal.ATTN:
Dear Freind.
TRANSFER OF TRANSFER OF ($15,300.000.00 USD} FIFTEEN MILLIONTHREE HUNRED =
THOUSAND DOLLARS.

I want to transfer ($15,300.000.00 USD} FIFTEEN MILLION THREE HUNRED THOUSAND =
DOLLARS, from a Bank here in Dakar Senegal to oversea account. First, I must =
solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction.This is by virtue of =
it's nature as being utterly confidential. I am sure and have confidence of =
your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of this great =
magnitude.I solicit your assistance to enable us transfer the said amount =
into your safe account for unward investment.You can either provide us with =
an existing account or to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive =
this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as you =
will remain honest to me till the end for this important business trusting in =
you and believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.
I am the personal account officer to a great late INDUSTRIALIST who has an =
account in one of the top banks here in Senegal. The account was opened in =
1996 and he died in the year 2000 without a written or oral WILL and since =
then nobody has operated on this account again hence the money is floating =
and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for =
nothing since the bank has been sold on Wed, 19 Mar 2003 to another bank and =
the management of the bank is now ready to release the fund to any foreigner =
who has the correct information of the account before fully handing over the =
management to the new bank.The owner of this account is a foreigner and no =
other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account =
has no other beneficiary . My investigation through the National immigration =
department proved to me as well that he was single as at the point of his =
entry into the Republic of senegal.
The amount in this account is ($15,300.000.00 USD} FIFTEEN MILLION THREE =
HUNRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

only.As a matter of fact, I have decided to transfer this fund abroad for =
investment. Your assistance as a foreigner is necessary because the =
management of the bank will welcome any foreigner who has correct information =
to this account which I will give you immediately, if you are interested to =
do this business with me.
There is no risk to this business. With my position and my personal contact =
with the manager of the bank,the money can be transferred to any account you =
can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our =
physical arrival in your country for sharing.We will start the first transfer =
with Four million [$6,000.000]. Upon successful transfer without any =
disappointment from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the =
remaining balance of $9.3 million to your account. I am only contacting you =
as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here, =
but can only be approved to any foreigner who has the correct information of =
the account which I will provide to you.So you should provide me with your =
correct account detail where you will like the fund to be transferred or you =
can set up a new account for the transfer even an empty account is ok.
At the conclussion of the transfer you will take 25% for your honest =
committment and positive contributions to enhance that the transaction =
succeeds, 5% for any expenses incurred in this business and the remaining 70% =
for me. As soon as I hear from you and upon your strong assurance that you =
will not let me down once the fund goes into your account I will then start =
to process the transfer of the fund to your account without further delay.
Contact me urgently for further detail, at my private email address below.

Thanks.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr.Ousman Mohammed.
ous_mh@myway.com

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