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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)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "confidentiality of this transaction" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "amos zongo" <amoszongo0011@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: amos_zongo2001@latinmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:10:50 +0000
Subject: From The Desk of Mr.Amos Zongo

>From The Desk of Mr.Amos Zongo
Audits & Accounts Dept
Bank of Africa
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso

Dear Friend,

I am Mr Amos Zongo, a banker with the above mentioned bank in Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso in West Africa, holding the post of the Audit & Accounts dept.
On Monday, 31 July, 2000, one Andreas Schranner, a German National, An
Astute Business man of international repute, a contract with ecowas country,
whose endeavours spans various areas of Business interest, (Real estate,
contract and Farming .etc) made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit, valued at
$10,600,000.00 (Ten Million, Six Hundred thousand United States Dollars) for
twelve calendar months in my Bank Branch.

Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
from his company that Mr. Andreas Schranner was aboard the AF4590 plane,
which crashed Monday, 31 July 2000 into the Hotelissimo.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

After further investigation, it was discovered that he died without making a
WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin proved fruitless.

On further investigation, it was discovered that Late Mr. Andreas Schranner
did not declare any next of kin or relatives in all his official documents,
including his Bank Deposit paper work here in our Bank. The total sum,
$10,600,000.00 is still in my bank and the interest is being rolled over
with the principal sum at the end of each year. All efforts to trace and
locate his next of kin proved abortive.

In accordance with the country’s banking laws and constitution guiding this
banking institution stated that after the expiration of 5 (five) years, if
no body or person comes for the claim as the next of kin , such money will
be revert to the Burkina Faso government treasury if nobody applies as the
next of Kin to claim of the fund. Consequently, It is upon this respect, I
seek to present you as a foreign partner to stand in as the next of kin to
the late Mr. Andreas Schranner since no one will come up for the claim.

Upon acceptance of this proposal, I shall send to you by mail the ASB Bank
"Next of Kin Payment Application Text Form" as well as detailed information
on how this deal would be carried out.

The money will be shared in the ratio: Sixty percent for me, thirty percent
for you and ten percent for any arising contingencies during the Course of
this transaction. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, as I will use
my position in the Bank's here to perfect this business transaction & secure
Approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.

Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required. If this
interests you, I want to remind you of the confidentiality of this
Transaction at hand whatever your decision is.

I await your urgent response. Your detailed reply should contain your
telephone and fax numbers for easier communication for onward proceeding.



Thanks.
Mr. Amos Zongo
Audits & Accounts Manger

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