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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: "hamed bakar" <hamed_bakar3@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:59:16 +0000
Subject: URGENT/CONFIDENTIAL

FROM THE DESK MR HAMED BAKAR
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA)
BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT,
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA-FASO.

Dear Friend,

I know that this letter may come to you as a suprise.I
got your contact address from the Internet while I was
searching for a busines partner.My name is MR HAMED BAKAR the Bill and
Exchange Manager of the BANK OF AFRICA (BOA) ,Ouagadouguo Burkina Faso.In my
department we discovered an abandoned sum of USD$10.5M(TEN MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S.A DOLLARS). In an account that belongs to this our
foreign customer who died along with his wife and and children in the 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 the next of kin or relation to the deceased, as indicated inour banking
guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin
died alongside with him in the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the
claim.The request of foreigner in this transaction is necessary because our
late customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to
a foreigner. On the account of your reliability and trust worthiness, I
have decided to contact you in order to transfer the said amount into your
nominated bank
account, it's 100% risk free. upon receipt of the above mentioned, I will
send to you by fax or e-mail a TEXT OF APPLICATION which you shall re-type
and fax to our foreign remittance Department,for easy execution of the
transaction. All necessary documents shall be
obtain on your behalf to back-up this claims.kindly contact me on for
security reason and for more
explanations and possible means of transferring the fund into your account.
If you accept our offer I
shall compensate you with 30% of the money, 60% goes to me and my
colleague, after which we shall visit your country for disbursement
according to the percentages indicated. I am assuring you that with my
position this money shall hit your account before 21 banking working
days.Send an e-mail as soon as you get this message, I will be waiting.
NOTE: THIS TRANSACTION IS STRICLY CONFIDENTIAL.
Thanks for your assistance in advance.
Your promt response will be highly appreciated.
Yours Sincerely,
MR HAMED BAKAR

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