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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)
  • "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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "dixon alhassan" <dixon_alhassan0006@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:38:52 +0000
Subject: VERY URGENT AND CALL ME.

Attention: Dear Friend,

It impresses me a lot to email you, I am Bar.Dixon Alhassan {Esq the
personal attorney to Late Minister Rafik Hariri the owner of cadbury
manufacturing Company here in Burkina Faso, I contacted you because late
Minister Rafik Hariri was a foreigner and the fund can not be approve
to an Indigne of here Burkina faso.

I'm contacting you to assist me in repatriating the funds left behind by my
deceased client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
bank where the investment deposit funds were lodged.

Consequently the management team of the bank has recently issued me a notice
to provide the next of kin or have the investment deposits confiscated by
the end of this first quarter in their financial calendar of 2006.

Please I'm seeking your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since you are a foreigner so that the proceeds of this deposit
valued at $25 Million United States Dollars can be claimed to you for both
of us to share the money.

I have all necessary legal documentation that can be used to back up the
claim. All I require is your honest and kind cooperation to enable us
seeing this deal through.

Profile of the Late Minister of Lebanon:

Rafik Bahaa Edine Hariri (November 1, 1944 - February 14, 2005), married to
Nazek Audi Hariri, was a Lebanese self-made billionaire and business tycoon,
and was five times Prime Minister of Lebanon (1992-1998 and 2000-2004)
before his last resignation from office on October 20, 2004.

The late Rafik Hariri died on February 14, 2005 when explosives equivalent
to around 300 kg of C4 were detonated as his motorcade drove past the Saint
George Hotel in the Lebanese capital, for more information please log on to
(http://www.hariri.info)

I anticipate your positive response in order to swiftly proceed further
for claims.

Yours Sincerely,

Bar. Bar.Dixon Alhassan (Esq.)
Dixon LAW CHAMBERS
Solicitors & Advocates
No. C1/SH/SC/110,ave.yennenga 01 bp
P.O.Box CT1466, Burkina Faso
Tel: 00226-70 25 85 38.

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