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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:
  • "confidentiality of this transaction" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "solomon khady" <skhady5000sk@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:38:55 +0000
Subject: re-type and fill this application form and send it to our bank immediately

My dear VICTIMNAME,

Thank you for the positive responds you gave to my proposal and great
maturity and understanding you have shown.i contacted you because i wanted
you to nominate your bank account particulars to our foreign remmittane
department through application for the release of this fund into your
receiving bank account through your application you will submit to our bank
as a next of kin to this our deceased customer who died along with his
entire family at plane crash and since his death nobody has come for the
release of his balance to he/she.our decease customer name is MR.SALAH ADAM
he is a Gold merchant and contractor.

please give me your interest and consent so that you will continue with me
in this transaction.can you please feel free to call my mobile number 00226
76 57 76 90 .i gave you my mobile line because of the secrecy and
confidentiality of this transaction to maintain.this business is certainly
risk free and nobody will ask of this money after the fund has succesfuly
transfered into your account.

however,i feel you will spend little money in the process before this fund
can be successfuly transfered into your bank account.any money both of us
will spend on the cause of this transfer of this fund into your bank account
will be deducted firstly in your country before sharing the rest money.i
beleived after 9 bank working days my bank received your application this
said fund must surely hit your account.I explain all this because i am a
banker.i knows all the processes and proccedures before these fund could be
transfered into your account.you will promise to me that you will not sit on
this money when it will hit your account.your application is going to our
foreign remittance dept.for the procedures of approval to start.so if you
find this proposal acceptable fill this application form bellow and send it
to our bank immediately via bank email address and send a copy to me as
well.continue communicating to me through this mail box.

PLEASE FIND BELLOW THE APPLICATION TEXT.FILL AND RE-TYPE IT AT ONCE AND SEND
IT TO THE BANK VIA EMAIL AND SEND A COPY TO ME AS WELL.I WILL BE GIVING YOU
THE REDQUIRED INFORMATIONS YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THE PROCESSES WITH THE BANK.

_______________________BELLOW IS THE APPLICATION
TEXT___________________________
(APPLICATION OF NEXT OF KIN TO MR.SALAH ADAM)
MR.......(YOUR NAME)
address........(PUT RESIDENT ADDRESS AND P.O.BOX)
TEL:.........................
fax:.........................
e-mail:......................

ATTN: MR.KABORE GEORGE
DIRECTOR OF FORIGN REMITTANCE
BANK OF AFRICA(BOA)
OUGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.
TELEFAX:00226 50 32 00 49
e-mails: frdept_boa@hotlinemail.com /
boa.org@hotlinemail.com
DEAR SIR,
APPLICATION AS NEXT OF KIN TO ACCOUNT HOLDER NUMBER BOA/102048894
ROUTING NUMBER 91002211.I MR...............OF .........HUMBLY APPLY TO THIS
BANK TODAY JUNE......2006 AS NEXT OF KIN AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATE TO YOUR
DECEASED CUSTOMER MR.SALAH ADAM FROM JORDAN WHO DIED ON THE 16TH NOVEMBER
2001. I HEREBY APPLY PUTING CLAIM OVER HIS BALANCE WITH THIS BANK VALUED AT
SIXTEEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S.DOLLARS(US$16.2 M)LEFT IN HIS
ACCOUNT, NUMBER BOA/102048894. I ALSO WISH MY APPLICATION WILL BE GIVEN AN
URGENT ATTENTION IT DESERVES AS I WISH THIS BALANCE BE RELEASED AND
RE-TRANSFERED INTO MY ACCOUNT AS STATED BELOW.

BANK NAME.............................
BANK ADDRESS.......................
BANK PHONE NUMBER..............
BANK FAX NUMBER..................
BANK TELEX NUMBER...............
ACCOUNT NUMBER...................
NAME OF BENEFICIARY.............
AGE...........................................
OCCUPATION............................

ACCEPT MY APOLOGY FOR THE LATE APPLICATION. IT WAS DUE TO SOME FAMILY
LOGISTIC PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN SETTLED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,

SIGN...........

_________________________________________________________________
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