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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • ibraheem_kabongo@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ibraheem kabongo01" <ibraheem_kabongo03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibraheem_kabongo@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:25:28 +0000
Subject: EXTREMELY URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL iii

FROM THE DESK OF MR IBRAHEEM KABONGO.
AUDITIN AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.


Dear Friend,

I am the AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) here in
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum
of US$10.5m dollars (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED US DOLLARS) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich,
Germany) who died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELLOW
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
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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
some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines and laws but unfortunately we
learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died along side with
him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.It is therefore
upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you
and release the money to you as the 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 bill.

The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after five years, the money will be transfered into the bank
treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this
business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a
Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.I agree that 30% of
this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foreign
account , 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business
and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country for
disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the
immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged,you must apply first to the
bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name,
your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and
effective communication and location wherein the money will be remitted.Upon
receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the
application .

I will not fail to bring to your notice this transaction is hitch-free and
that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements
have been made for the transfer.

You should contact me immediately you receive my letter through my telephone
or email; ibraheem_kabongo@yahoo.com , Hope to read from you soon.


1.your age

2.your marital status

3.your occupation

4.if you are ready to keep the transaction as top secret as i do not want it
to jeopadise or have my reputable image dented

5.your financial capability in handling this transcation as money will be
involve

6.your credibility and reliability as to avoid betrayal from you or seating
on my share when the funds finaly hits your bank account

7.that all my instructions as an insider and as the initiator of the
transaction would be taking for the betterment of a hitch transfer and also
include your private telephone and fax number
Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Yours Faithfully,
MR IBRAHEEM KABONGO.

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