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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 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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • jkadiago@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jubril kadiago" <j_kadiago0006@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 08:57:37 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL PLS.

Dear Managing Director

Greeting to you,

I am Mr Jubril Kadiago from the northern part of burkina faso.I want to seek
your assistance after my discovery during auditing in my bank as am the
manager of Bill and Exchange at the Foriegn Remittance Department of Africa
Development Bank,(A.D.B.) In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of
USD$20.8million US dollars in an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customers who died along with his entire family in plane Crashes of
September 11, 2001,

Since his death, we have been expecting his next of Kin to come over and
claim his money because we can not release it unless somebody applies for it
as next of Kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking and
financial policies but unfortunately all the efforts proved abortive. IT is
therefore upon this discovery that I decided as the head of my department to
make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next
of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement
since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the
Bank treasury as unclaimed bills.

Do not view this as been illegal but an opportunity for us to help enrich
our hope in life instead of the bank converting this much money to the
security funds.You should not nurse any atom of fear as all required
arrangements have been made for the smooth transfer of this funds and your
acceptance is what will crown this effort.We will conclude this operation
within 14 banking days based on the amount of coperation you will
contribute.

Thank you for your undrstanding as await your urgent response to enable me
give you more details.Please note my alternative email address incase
:jkadiago@yahoo.fr
Remain blesse

Mr Jubril Kadiago.

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