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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • radmar_kalama2008@latinmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "kalama_radmar@yahoo.com.mx" <radmar_kalama@telegraf.by>
Reply-To: kalama_radmar@yahoo.com.mx
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:34:02 +0000
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEED


YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEED
FROM THE DESK OF MR.RADMAR KALAMA
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANEGER ,
BANK OF AFRICAN B.O.A
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.

PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH THIS EMAIL BOX
{ radmar_kalama2008@latinmail.com }

Dear Friend,

I am the manager of auditing and accounting at the foreign remittance
department of BANK OF AFRICAN ) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my
department we discovered an abandoned SOM OF ( L 15.5 MILLIONS BRITISH
POUNDS ). (FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS ). in an
account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. Salla khatif , who
died along with his entire family on December 25th 2003 in a plane crash.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to thedeceased as
indicated in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we learnt that
all his supposed next of kin or
relationdied alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for
the claim.It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make
this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of
kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since
nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank
treasury as unclaimed bill.The banking law and guidline here stipulates that
if such money remained unclaimed after 7 years, the money will be transfered
into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as
next of kin to a foreigner.I agree that 40% of this money will be for you as
a respect to the provision of a foriegn account ,10% will be set aside for
expenses incurred during the business and 50% would be for me There after, I
will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage
indicated Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you
arranged,you must apply first to the bank asrelation or next of kin of the
deceased with a text of application that i will send to you,so i will like
you to send to me your private telephone and fax number for easy and
effective communication and location where in the money will
be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email
the text of the application .I will not fail to bringto your
notice this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any
atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receiv e this letter.

Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully
1. Full Name:
2. Your Telephone Number and Fax Number
3. Your Contact Address.

EMAIL radmar_kalama2008@latinmail.com

I WAIT FOR YOUR REPLYING THROUGH THIS MAIL EMAIL

radmar_kalama2008@latinmail.com

THANKS
YOUR ONLY BEST BROTHER
MR.RADMAR KALAMA

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