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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)
  • "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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: taraore rahab <taraorerahab004@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <traorerahab@ubbi.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:35:40 +0000
Subject: thanks for your reply,more details on the fund transfer,waiting for
your call.+226 78 84 80 19.



Dear Friend, How are you today and your family? Hope all is welland ok with them, if so thanks be to the almighty. Andalso i want to thank you so much for your urgentrespond to my mail, what i want you to understand isthat you and I are to work as one team to inherit thisfund, hence I am your insider in the bank as thetransaction commence. I advise you to feel free with me for all is going tobe well with us. I have never contacted any otherperson in this transaction except you. The deceasedaccount holder Name is NAM AKAY who lived here inBurkina Faso for (16) years dealing in gold and cottonexportation business. He held account number No.005396 20110-83 with the Financière InternationalBank-Burkina Faso with an account balance of $10.9million united states dollars. He died in the 2002Since his death, this account has been dormant and nobody has applied to the bank for the release of thismoney to him or her as the next of kin. please i don’t want you to disappoint or let me down when this moneyenter into your account, I have all my hope in thistransaction because I shall soon go on retirement, Iam a man whose credibility is still intact and with mymaturity and understanding, I promise to give you thebest co-operation, and we must hurry up with thistransaction so that our bank and government shall notclaim and inherit this money because it has overstayed in the bank. There is no doubt about youreligibility as the legal next of kin to our deceasedcustomer and owner of the account number 005 39620110-83 with the following reasons: (1.) The deceased late NAM AKAY did not have anyrelationships with our bank he was only a customer toour bank. So there is no trace either now or infuture, all you need is to follow up by my instructionand i will always guide you by feeding you with allthe necessary information of whatever that is going inthe bank concerning the transaction until the fund istransfer into your bank account. And for this reasonsyou have nothing to fear as your interest and identitywill be legally protected. 2)Remember that i have agree to give you 40% of thisfund has being declared for you, in your assistancefor providing an account where this fund will betransferred into and for all your effort,Please i wantyou enclose your details in your next reply back to me. 1 Your full names 2)Your phone And fax number3 address. 4)age. 5)occupation. with the above information ,i will get some documentsin your name to validate your claim application.Thetransaction will only take (14) banking officialworking days as the beneficiary and inheritor of thefund for the fund to be transfer into your nominatedreceiving bank account. You are free to contact methrough my email,Immediately you receive this mail toshow the seriousness in you and also i will forward toyou the text of application that you fill and submitto the bank with your banking account informationwhere the fund will be transfer into in your favour . Thanks and i will be waiting to read from you urgently. to call me,all you need do is dial your codefor external calls,then 226 which is my country codeand 78 84 80 19. TRAORE RAHAB.+226 78 84 80 19.
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