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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)
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "mr dramane roger" <dramaner01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dramane_roger74@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:39:32 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPOND NEEDED

FROM THE DESK OF Dramane Roger.
BANK OF AFRICAN B.O.A (ANNEX)
BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT,
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA-FASO.

Dear Partner,

My name is Dramane Roger.,the Bill and Exchange(assistant) Manager of the
BANK OF AFRICAN B.O.A (ANNEX),Ouagadouguo Burkina Faso.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of USD$18.3M(EIGHTEEN
MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S.A DOLLARS). In an account that belongs to
this our foreign customer who died along with his wife and children in the
plane crash.

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
somebody applies for it as the next of kin or relation to the deceased, as
indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his
supposed next of kin died alongside with him in the plane crash leaving
nobody behind for the claim.

The request of foreigner in this transaction is necessary because our late
customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a
foreigner.On the account of your reliability and trust worthiness,I have
decided to contact you in order to transfer the said amount into your
nominated bank account,it's 100% risk free.

Upon receipt of the above mentioned, I will send to you by fax or e-mail a
TEXT OF APPLICATION which you shall re-type and fax to our foreign
remittance Department,for easy execution of the transaction.

All necessary documents shall be obtained on your behalf to back-up this
claims.Kindly contact me on for security reason and for more explanations
and possible means of transferring the fund into your account.If you accept
our offer I shall compensate you with 30% of the money, 60% goes to me and
my colleague, after which we shall visit your country for disbursement
according to the percentages indicated.

I am assuring you that with my position this money will hit your account
before 21 banking working days.

Send an e-mail as soon as you get this message,I will be waiting.


NOTE: THIS TRANSACTION IS STRICLY CONFIDENTIAL.

Thanks for your assistance in advance.

Yours Sincerely,

Dramane Roger.

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