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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)
  • "transfer into your 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)
  • "million us 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)
  • "your urgent reply" (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: Majid Asadi <m_adi2@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 12:10:53 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Urgent reply needed,


Dear Partner,

Greeting to the family from Majid Asadi from Burkina Faso.Thanks for your mail and for the immediate response.I received your reply towards my proposal and the contents were properly understood.

Dear Partner,as it was writing in my previous mail,we discovered an abbandonned sum of $31.5 million us dollars,the money was belong to one of our late customer who died along with his two daughter and wife in a plane crash.

Since the death of our late customer bank does not see anybody to show face as a next of kin to our customer and to put claim over his money.Due to my inteligent and seventeen years experience in banking industry,i call on my colleagues on how the bank will not sit ontop of the money and we concluded and decided to make this as a top secret to look for a foreigner who has simillar name with our deceased customer to apply to our bank as a next of kin.

All the full information concerning our deceased customer are with us incase if bank request for it.Dear Friend,this is free risk and confidential transaction as it involve no any risk,no any implication and no precaution thereafter,all i need from you is truth and trustworthy and to keep me promise that you will not betray me if the money is transfer into your account.

Dear friend,with HOLY QURAN i do make oath that with your full support this transaction will not take more than fourteen working days before the money will transfer into your account as i will immediately join you in your country for disbursement of the fund after the money is remitted into your account.

Your urgent reply and assurance is highly needed to enable me send you the text of transfer application form which you we fill and send to the bank and if there is any request information from my bank all you have to do is to reach me to give you any information that my bank may request before you respond.

In receiving of your response,i will send you the copy of my bank identity card and international passport in other to know me more.

Waiting for your urgent reply as soon as possible.

Extend my sincere greeting to the family.

Ma-salam
Majid Asadi.


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