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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
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Fraud email example:

From: "babu martins" <babu_martinsp98@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: babu_martins11@myway.com
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:40:26 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY

MR BABU MARTINS
The Account / Audit Manager,
African Development Bank (ADB).
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.
PRIVATE PHONE N0: +226 76 49 81 68

Dear Beloved,

I presumed that all is well with you and your family. Please let this do not
be a surprise proposal to you because i got your contact information from
the international directory in few weeks ago before i decided to contact you
on this magintude and lucrative transaction for our future survival in life.
Moreover, i have laid all the solemn trust in you beforei decided to
disclose this successful & confidential transaction to you.

IM MR BABU MARTINS,The Account / Audit Manager of our bank and i have had
the intent to contact you over this financial transaction worth the sum of
THIRTY THREE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS($33,000,000.00 ) for our
success.This is an abandoned sum that belongs to one of our bank foreign
customers who died along with his entire family through plane crash disaster
since few years ago.

Meanwhile i was very fortune to came across the deceased file when i was
arranging the old and abandoned customers files in other to sign and submit
to the entire bank management for an official re-documentation and audit of
the yearagainst 2007.

Be informed clearly that it was stated in our banking rules and regulations
which was signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed till the
period of 4 years started from the date when the beneficiary died, the money
will be transferred into the treasury as an unclaimed fund.

As a honour and advantage bestowed to our foreign customers base on the
rules guideing our bank, it was stated obviously that if you are not a
Burkina Faso citizen, you have the absolute authority to claim the fund
despite your differences from the country of origin of the deceased. So the
request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and
transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the
NEXT OF KIN to the deceased.

PERCENTAGE RATIO: note that 35% being (US$11,55,000.00) will be your share
in respect of your assistance and account provide for the tranfer, 55%
(18,150,000.00) will be my share being the pioneer of the business while the
rest 10% (US$3,000,000.00) will be used to install a joint company in your
country which will bear our name in particular and whatever profit made out
from this company will be used in helping the less privileges, mothrless
babies home and charity organization in the world.

If you are really sure of your trustworthy, accountability and
confidentiality on his transaction, contact me and agree that you will not
change your mind to cheat or disappoint me when the fund have getting into
your account. Besides you should not entertain any fear because i am sure of
the success as an insider in the bank ok.

Please reply with the assurance, include your private telephone and fax
numbers necessary for effective and easy communication in this transaction.
As soon as you reply , call me through my private telephone number indicated
above so that i will let you know the next step to follow in order to
finalize this transaction immediately.

I expect your urgent communication.

Yours sincerely,

MR BABU MARTINS

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