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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)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "sani ali" <saniali003@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: saniali_101@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:41:37 +0000
Subject: PLEASE CHECK ON THIS MAIL AND GET BACK TO ME.

From the Desk of: Mr.Sani Ali.
Manager Bill And Exchange Dept,
Bank of Africa(BOA).
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.
West Africa.
Dear Friend,

I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise. I am the bill and
exchange manager in Bank of African.I Hoped that you will not expose or
betray this trust and confident that i am about to repose on you for the
mutual benefit of our both families.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of $11.3 million
immediately to your account. The money has been dormant for years in our
Bank here without any body coming for it. The owner of this account is
foreigner and he is the Manager Of petrol chemical service, a chemical
engineer by Profession. He died in world trade center as a victim of the
September 11,2001 Incident that befall the United State of America, the bank
has made series of efforts to contact any of the relatives to claim this
money but without success, you can confirm through this website:

http://www.september11victims.com/september11Victims/VictimInfo.asp?ID=1260

I don't want the money to go into our Bank treasury as an abandoned fund.
So this is the reason why i contacted you ,so that the bank can release
the money to you as the nearest person to the deceased customer. Please i
will like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete if you are
not interested.
Upon receipt of your reply I will send you full details on how the business
will be executed and also note that you will have 40% of the above
mentioned sum if you agree to transact the business with me and 50% for me
while 10% will be sate aside for expenses incurred during the business.

Please you shold not entertain any atom of fear,because i have stodide the
business very well befor contacting you ok.Waiting for you urgent reply.

Thanks.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Sani Ali.
Bank of African,
Burkina Faso-West Africa.
TREAT AS URGENT/REPLY IMMEDIATELY

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