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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: "Titi Mohammed" <titi_10mo@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:52:14 +0100
Subject: Urgent Message!!!!

BANK OF AFRICA (ANNEX)
BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT,
BP4901 01 OUAGADOUGOU 01,BURKINA-FASO.
Tel:(0226)78864-583

Dear Sir,


I am the Bill and Exchange(assistant) Manager of Bank of Africa (Annex),OUGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO.You will be suprised how i got your contact,I got it from the internet.
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of USD$18.2 MILLION US Dollars(EIGHTEEN MILLION,TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS). In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his wife and two children in february 1998 in kenya airways 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 somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated i our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him in the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I in my department now decided to make this business proposals to you and release the money to you as next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to g!
o into the bank treasury as unclaimed Bill. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed after four years, the money will be forfieted into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner in this transaction is necessary because our client was a foreigner and a BurkinabEcannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, inrespect to the provision of a foreign account, and 70% would be for me , after which I shall visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank, and send your account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail the text of the application!
. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is10
0% hitch-free. As all required arrangement have been made for the transfer. You should contac me immediately as soon as you receive this letter. Trusting to hear from you immediately.I expect your urgent reply. Best regards.

MR.TITI MOHAMMED.
BILL AND EXCHANGE (ASSIST.)MANAGER,BANK OF
AFRICA(ANNEX), OUAGADOUGOU,
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA-FASO.WEST AFRICA.
N.B:
I WANT YOU TO ACT AS HIS NEXT OF KIN,SO THAT WE CAN
SHARE THE MONEY
Tel:(0226)78864-583.

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