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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:
  • "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: mahevirfadul@klikni.cz
Reply-To: mahevir_fadul@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 19:57:40 +0000
Subject: FROM MR.MAHEVIR FADUL PLEASE I NEED YOUR URGENTLY REPLE


*FROM MR.MAHEVIR FADUL.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
AFRICA. DEVELOPMENT BANK (A.D.B)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO *
* ( PLEASE READ AND KEEP
SECRET)*
*Good day, * *
My name is MR.MAHEVIR FADUL I am the Credit and audits manager with Africa
Development Bank Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.*
*I have a business proposal in the tune of $7.2M, (seven million two
hundred Thousand United States Dollar only) after the successful transfer;
we shall share in ratio of 40% for you and 60% for me.*
*Should you be interested, please contact me ** so we can commence all
arrangements and I Will give you more information on how we would handle
this project.

Please treat this business with utmost confidentiality and send me the
Following:*
*(1) Full names:
(2) Private phone number:
(3) Current residential address:
(4) Occupation:
(5) Age and Sex:*
* *
*I await your urgent email.
Regards,
MR.MAHEVIR FADUL.
*

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