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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: sakikadiogo@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:43:13 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?INVESTMENT=20/=20PARTNERSHIP=2E?=

Tel : +226 78 823 455.
REPLY TO: sakikadiogo02@hotmail.com

I hope this letter won't be a surprise to you. I got your contact through
Yahoo people search. My name is Mr. Saki Kadiogo, I am the acting manager
of Bill and Exchange in Foriegn Remittance department of African Development
Bank Ouagadougou Annex Office.


In my department, I discovered an abandoned sum of $11.2 (Eleven Million
Two Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in an Account that belongs to one of our
foriegn customer who died along with his entire family in July, 2000 in
a plane crash. we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim
his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as
the next of kin or a relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidlines. Unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin (relatives)
died alongside with him in the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the
claim of these FUNDS.

Our Banking guidelines stipulates that if such FUNDS remains unclaimed
after 5 years, the FUNDS enters the Bank's Treasury which is what I don't
want as these time is near already. The need for a foreigner as (next of
kin) is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe
cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner but any other race can as there
are several reasons behind a different nationality of the person applying.
This includes, Inter Marriages, Citizenship, Immigration Policies etc.


I've agreed that 30% of this money be yours as the beneficiary in respect
of the provision of your Account. 60% would be for mine while 10% will represent
all soft expenses you may incure in the course of concluding this transaction.


I expect you to keep this business strictly confidential and as a top
secret as you may wish to know that I am a Bank official. Be rest assured
that this business is 100% risk free on both side and every arrangement
to transfer this money to the Account you will provide have been concluded
provided we maintain the confidentiality and secrecy involved.


I am looking forward to your prompt response.

Yours sincerely

MR. Saki Kadiogo.
REPLY TO: sakikadiogo02@hotmail.com



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