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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:

• 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:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "million us 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)
  • "director of operations foreign remittance division" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "foreign remittance division" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • boafcustomerunit@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "A N." <rawaa.2007@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 19:18:28 +0000
Subject: Hope to hear from you soonest

Dear Hugolina Rowena,

Thanks for your mail and for the onward contribution concerning this
transaction ..Do fill the application and send it to the bank for the
transfer of the fund into your nominated bank account.

Hope to hear from you soonest.

Mr Rawaa.

Bellow is the application for the transfer.

==========================================================================================================================
ATTN: Dr Adama Compaore
The Director of Operations
Foreign Remittance Division
Bank of Africa
Ouagadougou Burkina-faso.
Fax: 00226 50 42 01 30.
EMAIL: boafcustomerunit@financeFan.net
EMAIL:boafcustomerunit@excite.com

Dear Sir,

APPLICATION FOR THE TRANSFER OF US$18.2 Million US dollars (EIGTHTEEN
MILLION TOW HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) FROM DORMANT ACCOUNT
NUMBER:$286-41732-55.

I MR............................HUMBLY APPLY TO THIS BANK
TODAY............2006 AS NEXT OF KIN TO YOUR DECEASED CUSTOMER MR CHUN
HASSAN YUONG.

I HEREBY PUTTING CLAIM OVER HIS BALANCE WITH THIS BANK VALUED AT (US$18.2
Million US dollars (EIGTHTEEN MILLION TOW HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE
DOLLARS)) LEFT IN HIS ACCOUNT..

I HEREBY SUBMIT MY APPLICATION FOR THE REQUEST OF MY TRANSFER FORM,FROM YOUR
BANK, DESPITE YOUR OVER LOADED PROGRAMS I WISH YOU TREAT MY APPLICATION AS
URGENCY ...

THIS IS THE MONEY LEFT BEHIND IN YOUR BANK BY MY DECEASED COUNSIN MR CHUN
HASSAN YUONG.,WHO DIE IN A PLANE CRASH ON SEPTEMBER, 2002 ABIDJAN,COTE
D'IVOIRE .HE WAS A TAIPIE TAIWAN PROPERTY MAGNATE NATIONAL AND OWNED BELOW
COMPANIES IN OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO:

STE BILLINGS SARL

IMPORT AND EXPORT COMPANY,

OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO.

I AM HIS COUSIN AND NAMED NEXT OF KIN AND THAT THE ABOVE MENTIONED AMOUNT BE
TRANSFERED INTO MY NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT AS BELOW:

AGE:....................................................

OCCUPATION: .............................................

YOUR PHONE NUMBER.......................................

HOLDER'S ACCOUNT NAME...................................

BANK NAME........................................................

BANK ADDRESS..................................................

BANK TEL/FAX...................................................

SWIFT CODE ..........................................

ACCOUNT NUMBER.............................................

SAVING/CURRENT/DEPOSIT (STATE ONE)

PLEASE,ACCEPT THIS LATE APPLICATION AS IT WAS DUE TO THE FAMILY LOGISTIC
PROBLEM CONSEQUENT UPON HIS FUNERAL RIGHTS.I HOPE YOU WILL EXPEDITE ACTION.

THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
..........................................

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