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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "banabas.c.ahmed ahmed" <ba_nas4@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: ba_nas01@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:56:35 +0200
Subject: URGENT ACTION NEEDED

Dear Friend,

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise. I am the bill and
exchange manager in African Development Bank Annex,Ouagadougou Burkina faso.
I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that i
am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families.I need
your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($25.6)million to your
account ithin 10 or 14 banking days. This money has been dormant for years
in our Bank without claim.I want the bank to release the money to you as the
nearest person to our deceased customer(the owner of the account)died along
with his supposed next of kin in an air crash since July 2000.I don't want
the money to go into our Bank treasurer as an abandoned fund. So this is the
reason why i ntacted you so that the bank can release the money to you as
the next of kin to the deceased customer. Please I would like you to keep
this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not interested.

Upon receipt of your reply,i will give you full details on how the business
will be executed and also
note that you will have 25% of the above mentioned sum if you agree to
handle this business with me.

Best Regard.

Banabas. C. Ahmed.

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