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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 about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
• 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.
  • karim_ahmed004@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "karim ahmed" <karim_ahmed_bf4@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: karim_ahmed004@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:56:46 +0000
Subject: MR KARIM AHMED ( PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT )

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
Development Bank(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 came across some amount of money
belonging to a deceased foreigner Mr. Sheu Yuan-dong 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. we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as
next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or
relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind
for the claim.


The said amount was $ 22.6 m US dollars (Twenty two Million six hundred
thousand US dollars). I want you to know that I never master minded the
death of the deceased fellow. Their death is a occur 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 problem for
the sucessful transfer on this fund into youraccount. All the whole
arrangement to put claim over this fund as the Bona fide 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 follower who will forward claims as the next of kin to the Bank
and also present an 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 eight years, 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 don’t 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 incurred during the business and 60 % would be for me and my
colleagues. There after I will visit your country for subsequent sharing
according to the percentages indicated. Please you have been advised to
keep "top secret" 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
materials 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 don’t want to assist me.

NB for more security reasons you can reply me through my alternative e
mails. (karim_ahmed004@yahoo.com)
I look forward to receive your urgent reply.

THANKS
Yours faithfully,
MR KARIM AHMED
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK(A.D.B)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO

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