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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Ibrahim Omar" <ibromar8@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ibromar8@walla.com
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 17:06:42 +0000
Subject: Waiting for your urgent response or call me immediately please!!!!

FROM MR IBRAHIM OMAR
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT.
SOCIETE GENERALE DU BANQUE BURKINA FASO(SGBBF)
Tel: +226 76 57 79 66
PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:ibromar8@walla.com

Dear Friend,

I am MR IBRAHIM OMAR, the bill and exchanger manage of
SOCIETE GENERALE DU BANQUE BURKINA FASO(SGBBF) in
West Africa with due respect and regards.

I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will
be very beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction. We
had a foreign client MR BRAIN O.ISAAC, who deposited a huge
sum of money (US$10.5 million) with our bank.

Eventually, this client was among the victims of EGYPT AIR BOEING 767 FLIGHT
NO.990 that crashed on the 31-10-1999 in U.S.A but, since then we have not
had any body coming for the claims as the next of kin. A situation I have
monitored closely with my position in the bank.

Now, having monitored this deposit over the years after his death, and
hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past three and
half years, I have moved the file to my private volt.

I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of
kin as every other arrangement has being concluded by me
and I am only waiting for a foreigner to enable me move the
fund to his account. This does not have any risk attached to
it as all the internal documentations will be handled by me.

I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return message
and I will furnish you with details. Your interest will be negotiable before
we commence the project.

I look forward to hearing from you.
Remain Bless.

Yours Faithfully.
MR Ibrahim Omar.
+226 76 57 79 66

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