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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
  • "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)
  • "a reliable and reputable person to handle this" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Hamed Issa" <hamedissa17@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:09:29 +0000
Subject: URGENT FROM MR ISSA HAMED

FROM THE DESK OF
MR ISSA HAMED
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK BICIAB
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.

ATTENTION:
FIRST I MUST SOLICIT FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION, THIS IS BY
VIRTUE OF IT?S NATURE AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL. THOUGH I KNOW THAT A
TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE, WILL MAKE ANYONE APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED BUT
I AM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DEAL.

I HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU DUE TO THE URGENCY OF THIS TRANSACTION, LET ME
START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF PROPERLY TO YOU. I AM MR ISSA HAMED, THE BILL
AND EXCHANGE MANAGER OF BANK BICIAB ANNEX HERE IN OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA
FASO.I CAME TO KNOW YOU IN MY PRIVATE SEARCH THROUGH THE INTERNET FOR A
RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION,WHICH
INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY REQUIRING
MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE.

THE PROPOSITION:

A FOREIGNER WHO MET HIS DEATH IN ?KENYA AIR BUS? (A310-30) FLIGHT Ko430 THAT
CRASHED IN ABIDJAN,COTE D'IVOIRE BANKED WITH US AT BANK BICIAB ANNEX
HERE IN BURKINA FASO AND HAD A CLOSING BALANCE AS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER
2000 WORTH $20 M TWENTY MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS). THE BANK NOW EXPECTS A NEXT OF KIN AS BENEFICIARY AND
VALUABLE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY BANK OF BICIAB TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ANY
OF HASSAN'S FAMILY OR RELATIVES BUT TO NO SUCCESS. IT IS BECAUSE OF THE
PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLETO LOCATE ANY OF THE LATE DEPPSITORS
NEXT-OF-KIN ( HE HAD NO WIFE OR
CHILDREN THAT IS KNOWN TO US).

BASED UPON THIS DISCOVERY,WE HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE THIS BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO
YOU AND RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS 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 FUNDS.THE
BANKING LAWS AND GUIDELINES HERE STIPULATES THAT,

IF SUCH MONEY REMAINED UNCLAIMED AFTER
SIX YEARS, THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERED INTO THE BANK'S TREASURY AS
UNCLAIMED FUNDS.THE REQUEST FOR A FOREIGNER AS NEXT-OF-KIN IS OCCASSIONED BY
THE FACT THAT,THE LATE DEPOSITOR WAS A FORIEGNER AND SO ANINDIGENE CANNOT
STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN. IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS DEVELOPMENT,SOME OF MY
TRUSTED COLLEAGUES AND I NOW SEEK YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE YOU STAND AS NEXT
OF KIN TO THE LATE DEPOSITOR SO THAT THE FUND, US $20 MILLION WILL BE
RELEASED AND PAID TO YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY NEXT-OF-KIN.

ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROVES TO ENABLE YOU GET THIS FUND WILL BE CAREFULLY
WORKED OUT ON YOUR ACCEPTANCE TO PARTAKE IN THIS TRANSACTION. MY COLLEAGUES
AND I IN MY
DEPARTMENT HAVE SECURED FROM PROBATE AN ORDER OF MANDAMUS TO LOCATE ANY OF
THE DECLARED BENEFICIARY (NEXT OF KIN) AND MORE SO I AM ASSURING YOU THAT
THIS BUSINESS IS 100% RISK FREE.

MEANWHILE YOUR PERCENTAGE SHARE SHALL BE 30% WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION
OF A FORIEGN ACCOUNT, 10% HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR ANY EXPENCES WE MIGHT
INCURE WHILE THE REMAINING 60% WILL BE FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND I. AS SOON AS
WE ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS BUSINESS PROPOSAL, I WOULD
FURNISH YOU WITH THE NECESSARY STEPS TO TAKE BEGINNING WITH THE TEXT OF
APPLICATION WHICH YOU SHALL FORWARD TO THE BANK FOR SCRUTINY AND APPROVAL.
PLEASE IF THIS IS ACCEPTABLE BY YOU, DO NOT MAKE UNDUE OF THE TRUST I HAVE
BESTOWED IN YOU.

CONTACT ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL BOX FOR SECURITY REASON
hamedissa00yahoo.fr

BEST REGARDS,
MR ISSA HAMED
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK BICIAB
OUAGADOUGOU,B.F

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