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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)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "issa_benedo1950@hotmail.com" <issa_benedo@terra.com.mx>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:23:31 +0100
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED


FROM THE DESK OF DR ZAGRE YAKO
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.

Dear friend ,

I am the manager of Auditing and Accounting department of BANK OF AFRICA(B.O.A) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$23.3m (Twenty three million three hundred thousand us dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR.ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich,Germany) who died along with his entire family in Jully 2000 in a plane crash.For more information about the crash you can visit this site:
( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm)

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided 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 bill.

The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after Six years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer
was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.

I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foriegn account , 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged,you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased with a text of application form that i will send to you when i hear from you,so i will like you to send to me your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application .

I will not fail to bring to your notice this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.

You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.

Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Yours Faithfully,

DR ZAGRE YAKO

MANAGER AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT BANK OF AFRICA.

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Bonjour,

Je m'appelle Mr ZAGRE YAKO.

Je dirige la section des opérations d' investigation & audit à la Bank of Africa (B.O.A) ici à Ouagadougou au Burkina-Faso. Bien que vous et moi n'ayons jamais eu aucune correspondance antérieure, j'ai décidé de vous contacter pour une transaction qui nous sera très salutaire à tous.Pendant nos recherches, mon département a découvert une somme d'argent très importante appartenant à un de nos clients (MR.ANDREAS SCHRANNER de Munich, Germany)qui est décédé en Juillet 2000 dans un accident d'avion.
Depuis lors les fonds étaient dormants dans son compte bancaire sans aucune réclamation de la part de sa famille.
Ladite somme est de vingt trois millions de trois cents mille dollars US. ( US $23.3 milions )
Depuis cette découverte, j'ai effectué des recherches sur le client décédé.
Mes recherches montrent que les seuls ayant-droit de notre client décédé sont eux aussi mort avec lui dans le même accident d'avion.Pour plus d'infos voir:
( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm)
Mon collegue et moi avons alors gardé secrète l'information pour nous ,en vue de profiter de cet argent qui risque d'aller dans les caisses de la banque comme ''argent non réclamé''.
POURQUOI JE VOUS AI CONTACTÉ... Si je vous ai contacté, c'est pour que vous vous présentez comme un proche du défunt et que vous réclamiez cet argent.
Bien sûr la banque ne s'empressera de se départir de 23,3 millions si facilement.
Mais n'ayez aucune crainte, je serai là et je vous fournirai toutes les directives nécessaires afin que cet argent nous revienne le plus rapidement possible.
En tant que partenaire,je vous propose 30% de la somme,mon collegue et moi partegerons 60% et 10% seront mis de côté pour les dépenses inévitables afférentes au transfert des fonds.
Soyez sûr de deux choses : Premièrement, je ne vous aurai pas contacté si j'avais un moyen de
profiter de cet argent sans votre aide.
Deuxièmement, cette affaire est à 100 % sans aucun risque pour vous ni pour nous.
De toute façon dès que vous me montrerez votre intérêt à faire affaire avec moi je vous donnerai plus de détails.

Toutes vos questions seront les bienvenues.

J'attend votre réponse.

Sincèrement votre,

Mr ZAGRE YAKO.

Directeur des opérations d'investigation&audit à la B.O.A ( Bank of Africa )

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