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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • mrbakrydhuhai2@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mr bakry dhuhai" <mrbakrydhuhai10@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:26:59 +0000
Subject: urgent

FROM THE DESK OF MR BAKRY DHUHAI
BANK OF AFRICAN B.O.A (ANNEX)
BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT,
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA-FASO.
Dear
My name is Mr Bakry Dhuhai.,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 CONFIENTIAL.
Thanks for your assistance in advance.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr Bakry dhuhai.
EMAIL................... mrbakrydhuhai2@hotmail.com

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