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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • zongo_adam007@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "zongo adam1" <zongoadam1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: zongo_adam007@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 20:19:46 +0100
Subject: FROM:DR ZONGO ADAM


FROM:DR ZONGO ADAM
ATTENTION
PLEASE,I AM DR ZONGO ADAM THE BANK MANAGER OF BANK OF AFRICA (BOA) BURKINA
FASOWEST AFRICA BRANCH.IAM CONTACTING YOU BASED ON TRUST AND CONFIDENTIALITY
THAT YOU WILL KEEPTHIS AS TOP SECRET AND DON'T BE SCARED OR SURPRISED, I AM
THE MANAGER OFBANK OF AFRICA AND I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFER SUM OF
US$10.5MILLION (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATE DOLLARS) I HAVE THE
COURAGE TO LOOK FOR A RELIABLE AND HONEST PERSON WHO WILL BE CAPABLE FORTHIS
IMPORTANT BUSINESS TRANSACTION, BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NEVER LETME DOWN
EITHER NOW OR IN FUTURE.

THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS MR RONMORRIS, FOREIGNER AND HE IS THE MANAGER
OF PETROL CHEMICAL SERVICE, ACHEMICAL ENGINEER BY PROFFESSION.HE DIED WITH
HIS ENTIRE FAMILY WERE AMONG THE VICTIMS OF DECEMBER 25, 2003 AIR-CRASH
INCIDENT IN BENIN , THEBANK HAS MADE SERIES OF EFFORTS TO CONTACT ANY OF THE
RELATIVES TO CLAIMTHIS MONEY BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS,MY INVESTIGATION PROVED TO
ME AS WELL THAT HIS COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT.

I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO ASAFE FOREIGN ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I
DON'T KNOW ANY FOREIGNER,I KNOW THATTHIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A
SURPRISE AS WE DON'T KNOW OURSELVESBEFORE, BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A
GENUINE BUSINESS.

HOPE THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN IN THIS TRANSACTION, AT THE CONCLUSION
OF THIS BUSINESS, YOU WILL BE GIVING 40% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT, 50% WILL BE
FOR ME WHILE 10% FOR EXPENSE.
YOU CAN CONTACT ME AT zongo_adam007@yahoo.com
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR EARLIEST REPLY BY EMAIL FOR MORE DETAILS
THANKS.
BEST REGARDS
DR ZONGO ADAM

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