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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)
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
  • "you will be entitled to 30%" (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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • salisu_dikima007@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "salisu _dikima" <salisu_dikima0076@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: salisu_dikima007@myway.com
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:01:03 +0000
Subject: I AM URGENTLY WAITING FOR YOUR EMAIL.

FROM THE DESK OF MR. SALISU DIKIMA
BANK OF AFRICAN ( B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO,
WEST AFRICA.
DEAR FRIEND,
I AM MR.SALISU DIKIMA,THE AUDITTING MANAGER OF BANK OF AFRICAN BURKINA
FASO,WEST AFRICA.DURING MY INVESTIGATION AND AUDITTING IN THIS BANK,I CAME
ACROSS A VERY HUGE SUM OF MONEY BELONGING TO A DECEASED PERSON WHO DIED ON
31ST OCTOBER 1999 IN A PLANE CRASH
AND THE FUND HAS BEEN DORMANT IN HIS ACCOUNT WITH THIS BANK WITHOUT ANY
CLAIM OF THE FUND IN OUR CUSTODY EITHER FROM HIS FAMILY OR RELATION BEFORE
MY DISCOVERY TO THIS ISSUE.THE SAID AMOUNT WAS U.S$12.5M (TWELVE MILLON FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS).
MEANWHILE ALL THE WHOLE ARRANGEMENT TO PUT CLAIM OVER THIS FUND AS THE
BONAFIDE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED,GET THE REQUIRED APPROVAL AND TRANSFER
THIS MONEY TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE. THE TRANSFER OF THIS
FUND WILL REQUIRE A SECOND PARTY OR FELLOW WHO WILL FORWARD CLAIM AS THE
NEXT OF KIN TO THE BANK AND ALSO PRESENT A FOREIGN ACCOUNT WHERE THE FUND
WILL
BE RE-TRANSFERRED AFTER PAYMENT APPROVAL IS GRANTED.THE BANKING LAW AND
GUIDLING HERE STIPULATES THAT IF SUCH FUND REMAINED UNCLAIMED AFTER TEN
YEARS IT 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.
MOREOVER,I WILL NOT FAIL TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK
FREE. AND ON SMOOTH CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION,YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO
30% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS GRATIFICATION, WHILE 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO TAKE
CARE OF EXPENSES THAT MAY ARISE DURING THE TIME OF TRANSFER AND ALSO
TELEPHONE BILLS,WHILE 60% WILL BE FOR ME.I WILL BE MONITORING THE WHOLE
TRANSACTION HERE IN THIS BANK UNTIL YOU CONFIRM THE TOTAL FUND IN YOUR
ACCOUNT AND I WILL COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR MY OWN SHARE OF THE
FUND.PLEASE
CONTACT ME MMEDIATELY VIA MY EMAIL ADDRESS salisu_dikima007@myway.com
I AM URGENTLY WAITING FOR YOUR EMAIL.
THANKS AND BE BLESSED
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR.SALISU DIKIMA

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