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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)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • mr.monday.monday_adarah@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: mr monday adarah <mrm_adarah@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <monday_adarah@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 21:21:44 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend,



Dear Friend, My name is Mr.Monday Adarah I am a long serving staff of BOA Bank,ABIDJAN-IVOIRY COAST in Africa. I work in the operations dept where I serve as accounts officer to numerous customers I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.During the. course of our auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1996 and since 1998 nobody has operated on this account again, after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account Mr. Victor Ratnavale a British, who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Swiss Air Flight Number 111 which crashed on 2nd September 1998, including his wife.You shall readmore news about the crash on visiting this site:http:http://www.newscotland1398.net/lunenco/swissbaysw.html.No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that the account is a secret account. I intend to transfer US$18,600,000 (Eighteen Million six hundred thousand United States Dollars)from my bank into a safe account overseas. My offer to you after the transfer has been successfully made into your acoount is 30% of the total sum. If you are interested ,please do not hesitate to inform me VIA the same medium i have used in contacting you. I will furnish you with more details on this issue as soon as i receive a positive response from you indicating your interest. Hope to hear from you soon.Best Regards,Mr.Monday.monday_adarah@yahoo.com
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