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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Karim Ahmed" <karimahmed96@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: karim00ahmed@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:03:34 +0000
Subject: UREGNT REPLY.

FROM THE DESK OF:MR.KARIM AHMED
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK(A.D.B)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO,
WEST AFRICA.

Dear Friend,



(PRIVATE/CONFIDENTIAL).
I am MR.KARIM AHMED .the Director in charge of Auditing section African
DevelopmentBank(A.D.B)Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso in West Africa.Forgive my
indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise.I have decided to
contact you on a project that will be very beneficiary to both of us.During
our auditing in this Bank,I cameacross some amount of money belonging to a
deceased foreigner Mr.Sheu Yuan-dong who died with his wife and their only
daughter on February 16,1998 in a plane crash.The fund has been dormant in
his account with this Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody from
hisrelation before my discovery to this development.He was the Governor of
Taiwan Central(Reserve)Bank.The said amount was $22.6 m US dollars (Twenty
two Millon six hundred thousand US dollars). I want you to know that I never
master minded the deathof the deceased fellow.
Their death is a accour Naturally.Please View this website:
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/
FOR YOUR INFORMATION BEEN YOU NOT A TAIWANESE WILL NOT POSE ANY PROBLEMFOR
THE SUCESSFUL TRANSFER ON THISFUND INTO YOURACCOUNT.
All the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the Bonafide next
of kin to the deceased, has been put in place and directives will be relayed
to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist me
and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity.In this
country as a civil servant(A Banker),we are not allowed to operate a foreign
account.This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or
fellow who will forward
claims as the next of kin to the Bank and also present a foreign account
where he will need the money to be re-transferred into on his request.Our
Banking law stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after
eightyears,the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed
fund.The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned
by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand
as next of kin.I dont want this money to go into the Bank treasury as
unclaimed Bill.Be assured this transaction is 100% risk free.We agree that
30 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the
provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses incured
during the business and 60 % would be for me and my colleagues. There after
I and my colleagues will visit your country fordisbursement according to the
percentages indicated.Please you have been adviced to keep "topsecret" as I
am still in service and intend to retire from service after I conclude this
deal with you.I will fly down to your country or any place we shall agreed
on for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously
indicated and further investment will be discussed.I intend to import
Agricultural matriels and Drugs(Medicines) back to my country.On your
acceptance to be my partner please email for a brief discussion before we
proceed.Please keep this proposal secret,even if you will assist me.please
can call me( 00226 76 44 42 28)
I look forward to receive your urgent reply call.
Yours brother,
MR.KARIM AHMED



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