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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: terfarotisx@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 12:53:53 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?TREAT=20AS=20URGENT?=

From The Desk Of Mr TERFAR OTIS
Coordinator of the northern states Programmes
BOA Bank (ANNEXE)

Dear Sir,

I am Mr Terfar Otis ,Bank personnel of the above mentioned Bank Annexe.I
got your contact from a very confidential source and I wish to maitain this
confidentiality.

Actually,I decided to send you this proposal directly.for your
appraisa on bussiness proposition for you & for our overall mutual interest.I
am currently the coordinator on technical cooperation and procurement officer
to the Bank Of African Development and the African fund development
Projects/contract awards.

I need your assurance to help conclude a very good transaction wish i feelyou
will be very much interested BUSINESS I am currently in need of a foreign
partner to assist me to be the beneficiary of the total sum of U.S $7.2M
USD seven million two hundred United States dollars.The money was deposited
with BIAO bank in Abidjan by the late Mr Andreas Schranner He died in the
2000 in plane crash with his family. I can not withdraw this money myself.

So right now, I wish to resign which is must if I secure you
affirmative assurance to be able to front for me as my foreign business
partner to act as the beneficiary of this money.
I have already transfer this money from BIAO to another bank called BICICIin
Burkina faso which is now programmed for onward transfer to any name which
I shall submit to the bank as the beneficiary of this fund.This is strictly
confidential and only between me and you alone.I shall send to you the check
as soon as I am able to recieve your favourable response right away.

Please this is not a scam as you may think, just remove doubt.this is real
A bank account in any part of the world,which you will provide to facilitate
the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary.The money will be paid
into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me , 30% for you
and 10% for expencies .

There is no risk at all as my position will do the paperwork for this transaction
as the branch manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.If
you are interested, also forward to me your telephone number and fax number
for easy communication.


Upon your response,I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand.PLEASE OBSERVE UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY,and
be rest assured that this would be most profitable for both of us because
I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.

Awaiting your urgent , or call me on 00226 76 54 34 28 please save me theanxiety
of endless
waiting.

Mr Terfar Otis

BOA BANK PLC




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