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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)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: MONDAY ADARA <m_adara@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:50:05 +0100 (BST)
Subject: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN


FROM THE DESK OF MONDAY ADARA
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA).
COTE D'IVOIRE.{WEST AFRICA}

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN


We discovered the sum of twenty million, five hundred thousand United States Dollars (USD20.5M) belonging to a deceased customer of this bank.


The fund has been lying in a suspence account without anybody coming to put claim over the money since the account owner late die, he who was involved in the December 25th Benin plane crash. Here is the air crash website on cnn =
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
The said fund is now ready for transfer to a foriegn account whose owner will be portrayed as the beneficiary and next of kin to the deceased customer of the bank.


I agree that 60% of this money will be for me and 30% will be for you as respect to the provision of a foreign account , 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business.Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated.

Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where the money will be transfer.


Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.

You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this mail.

Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Yours faithfully.
Mr M Adara









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