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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • hassanbilly01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR HASSAN BILLY" <mr_hassanbilly8@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:29:47 +0000
Subject: DEAR FRIEND,

FROM THE DESK OF MR HASSAN BILLY,
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
BANK INTERNATIONAL OF BURKINA, (B.I.B)
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO.

GREETINGS, PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL:
hassanbilly01@yahoo.com

I apologize for this intrusion. First, I must solicit your confidence in
this transaction. This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly
CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET. I decided to contact you through email due to
the urgency involved in this matter. My name is Mr. Hassan Billy, I work
with BANK INTERNATIONAL OF BURKINA (BIB). I need your co-operation in
receiving USD9.5M that has been in a dormant account with my bank for over
7years which belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his
entire family in a plane crash that happened in Kenya, East Africa. I will
provide you with detailed informations on the modalities of this operation
once I have your interest but I must say that trust flourishes business.
Therefore let your conscience towards this proposal be nurtured with
sincerity and I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction
is hitch-free risk and you should keep this transaction (TOP SECRET).

I agree that 35% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, and 65% would be for me,
there after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentage indicated. Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this
fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relation or
next of kin of the deceased, indicating your bank name, your bank account
number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective
communication and location wherein the money will be remitted.

I don't think I need to spell out the importance of secrecy in this matter
considering the amount involved and my career as a banker. I will bring you
up to date with all the informations as soon as I hear from you. If I don 't
hear from you within a certain period I will assume you are not interested
and will solicit for a new partner, but if you know you are interested let
me know.

Please I want you to visit the website below for more information about the
plane crash and the Deceased DR.GEORGE BRUMLEY AND HIS FAMILY.

www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html
www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1390626,00.html

Yours Truely,
Mr. Hassan Billy,

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