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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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "adamuo ali" <adamuo_a2@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:05:19 +0000
Subject: Urgent Message.

FROM THE DESK OF:
MR ADAMUO ALI
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ANNEX
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.
TEL:+226 788 645 83

DEAR,

ATTENTION:
FIRST I MUST SOLICIT FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION, THIS IS BY
VIRTUE OF IT’S NATURE AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL. THOUGH I KNOW THAT A
TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE, WILL MAKEANYONE APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED BUT
I AM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DEAL. I HAVE
DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU DUE TO THE URGENCY OF THIS TRANSACTION, LET ME START
BY INTRODUCING MYSELF PROPERLY TO YOU. IAM MR ADAMUO ALI THE BILL AND
EXCHANGE MANAGER OF THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ANNEX HERE IN OUAGADOUGOU,
BURKINA FASO.I CAMETO KNOW YOU IN MY PRIVATE SEARCH THROUGH THE INTERNET FOR
A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION,
WHICH INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY
REQUIRING MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE.
THE PROPOSITION:

A FOREIGNER WHO MET HIS DEATH IN ‘KENYA AIR BUS?(A310-30) FLIGHT Ko430 THAT
CRASHED IN ABIDJAN,COTE D'IVOIRE BANKED WITH US AT THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT
BANK ANNEX HERE IN BURKINA FASO AND HAD A CLOSING BALANCE AS AT THE END OF
SEPTEMBER 2000 WORTH $11,300.000.00 (ELEVEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATES DOLLARS). THE BANK NOW EXPECTS A NEXT OF KIN AS BENEFICIARY
AND VALUABLE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO GET IN
TOUCH WITH ANY OF HASSAN'S FAMILY OR RELATIVES BUT TO NO SUCCESS. IT IS
BECAUSE OF THE PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE ANY OF THE
LATE DEPPSITORS NEXT-OF-KIN ( HE HAD NO WIFE OR CHILDREN THAT IS KNOWN TO
US). BASED UPON THIS DISCOVERY,WE HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE THIS BUSINESS
PROPOSAL 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 WE DON'T WANT THIS MONEY TO GO INTO THE BANK TREASURY AS
UNCLAIMED FUNDS.THE BANKING LAWS AND GUIDELINES HERE STIPULATES THAT, IF
SUCH MONEY REMAINED UNCLAIMED AFTER FOUR YEARS, THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERED
INTO THE BANK'S TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUNDS.THE REQUEST FOR A FOREIGNER AS
NEXT-OF-KIN IS OCCASSIONED BY THE FACT THAT,THE LATE DEPOSITOR WAS A
FORIEGNER AND SO AN INDIGENE CANNOT STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN. IN ORDER TO
AVERT THIS DEVELOPMENT, SOME OF MY TRUSTED COLLEAGUES AND I NOW SEEK YOUR
PERMISSION TO HAVE YOU STAND AS NEXT OF KIN TO THE LATE DEPOSITOR SO THAT
THE FUND, US $11.3 MILLION WILL BE RELEASED AND PAID TO YOU AS THE
BENEFICIARY NEXT-OF-KIN. ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROVES TO ENABLE YOU GET THIS
FUND WILL BE CAREFULLY WORKED OUT ON YOUR ACCEPTANCE TO PARTAKE IN THIS
TRANSACTION. MY COLLEAGUES AND I IN MY DEPARTMENT HAVE SECURED FROM PROBATE
AN ORDER OF MANDAMUS TO LOCATE ANY OF THE DECLARED BENEFICIARY (NEXT OF KIN)
AND MORE SO I AM ASSURING YOU THAT THIS BUSINESS IS 100% RISK FREE
.MEANWHILE YOUR PERCENTAGE SHARE SHALL BE 20% WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION
OF A FORIEGN ACCOUNT, 10% HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR ANY EXPENCES WE MIGHT
INCURE WHILE THE REMAINING 70% WILL BE FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND I. AS SOON AS
WE ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS BUSINESS PROPOSAL, I WOULD
FURNISH YOU WITH THE NECESSARY STEPS TO TAKE BEGINNING WITH THE TEXT OF
APPLICATION WHICH YOU SHALL FORWARD TO THE BANK FOR SCRUTINY AND APPROVAL.
PLEASE IF THIS IS ACCEPTABLE BY YOU, DO NOT MAKE UNDUE OF THE TRUST I HAVE
BESTOWED IN YOU.

BEST REGARDS,

MR ADAMUO ALI
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ANNEX
OUAGADOUGOU,B.F
TEL:+226 788 645 83

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