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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:
  • "million 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 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.
  • bouka050@yahoo.dk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Linda Bouka" <boukal52@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: boukal052@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 10:47:47 +0000
Subject:

Dear Friend,

I am Linda Bouka from Republic Of Congo,21 years old.I got your contact through the internet web and decided to contact you .I was, until recently, a first year as a medical study . Early last year, the rebels in my country struck our township and killed my parents and sister in their attacks.

My late father, Chief George Bouka, being one of the chief of the Town was a prime target. When I got home for my parents subsequent burial that followed my uncle hand over documents indicating that my late father had deposited some $5 Million United States Dollars with one of the prime security comapny in Dakar / Senegal before he dead some weeks after. According to my late father before his untimely dead,this money was meant for the building of an ultra modern hospital for me.

I travelled to the Senegal to trace the concerned Security and Financer company and presently i lives in Senegal as a refugee under a catholic church.I have succeded in meeting with the management of the holding company to make myself known to them as the next of Kin . I have decided to contact you to seek your assistance in helping me to transfer the said amount out from here to your account and help me to come to your country to continue my education and so that you will help me to get the money invested until I finished my education.

Let me know what you want as compensation for helping me out in this above regards.Please I'll like this issue to be handled with utmost confidentiality as the killers of my Father are still hunting to kill me.Thank you for your advance co-operation.Alternative email bouka050@yahoo.dk <mailto:bouka050@yahoo.dk>

I remain yours sincerely,

Linda Bouka.

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