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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • afdebk@financesource.com

Fraud email example:

From: "African Development Bank" <afdebkng@msn.com>
Reply-To: afdebk@financesource.com
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:06:18 +0000
Subject: Re Important Notice

>From Office of the President
African Development Bank,
Ecowas Building, Accra Ghana
27th Oct 2005
Subject.Money Transaction in Africa

I am Mr. Donald Kaberuka, The president African Development Bank, This is to
bring to your notice that my office has taking over all the international
money transaction originated from any part of African countries as contract
payment, Lottery winning or fund inheritance (Next Of Kin) due to several
complains from fund beneficiaries concerning excessive demand of up front
payment from
some corrupt officials of the financial institutions, The African
development bank (ADB) is an International Financial Institution created by
Africans in 1963 to promote the Economic and social development in the
African countries.www.afdb.org


How ever I am contacting you following the circulated report on the above
mentioned as your Name appears in one of the file forwarded to my office for
acknowledgment. I have hereby acknowledged the receipt of your file and note
that your money would be paid to you through a certified bank draft from our
sister bank in London.

You are therefore advised to contact our representative in UK London Rev
Kampson Lars through telephone numbers, 447724619945 or 447040130107, email,
revkampsonl@msn.com, www.stdpb.org to receive the original copies of the
fund authenticity document which was issued in your favor for endorsement
after which a certified bank draft valid at fifteen million dollars would
be issued through our account with the sister bank drawn from JP MORGAN
CHASE BANK, NEW YORK.

Finally, you are advised to forward the bellowed stated information to our
representative in London to enable him release your fund via certified bank
draft without further delay.
1, your direct telephone numbers and Your Mailing Address
Finally,Our representative in London under STDPB Rev Kampson Lars shall
send copies of the fund authenticity document which has been dully signed by
me in your favor for your perusal for final endoursement on receipt of your
response after which a certified bank draft would be issued in your favor
and send to you through your bank for clearance.

Thanks for your cooperation.
Mr. Donald Kaberuka, (President ADB)
Tel: 233 243716023
Email: afdebk@financesource.com

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

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