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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 state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "foreign remittance department" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: kabre nicolas <kabre-nicolas12@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <kabre_nicolas@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:41:31 +0000
Subject: MOST URGENT



FROM, THE DESK OF MR KABRE NICOLAS.BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER, IN FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT (BCB) BANQUE COMMERCIALE DU BURKINA,OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO.

Dear Friend,
How are you doing with your family? Hope fine, Please pay attention and understand my reason of contacting you today through this email, I am the Bill and Exchange Manager in (BCB) BANQUE COMMERCIALE DU BURKINA Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso. In my department, during the Auditing of the year 2006, I discovered an abounded sum of $15M that belongs to our Late Mr. Morris Thompson, an American prominent man who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed on January 31st 2000. You may read more about the crash on visiting this C.N.N News internet website below.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ I desperately need your assistance to secure and move this huge sums of money left behind by my late client to the tune of $15,000.000.00, (Fifteen Million United State Dollars) out from (BCB) BANQUE COMMERCIALE DU BURKINA Ouagadougou Burkina Faso to your own account, he executed contract through Department of Work and Housing here in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso and the mentioned money above is his money left in our bank before his death, We have traced to locate his next of kin to whom we could transfer the fund but all effort to get his relation was nil,it is upon this recovery I decided to contact you so that you stand as his business associate for the Bank to transfer the fund to your Bank account,Meanwhile, for your smoothness of this transaction, we will share the fund 50%/50% If you know that you are interested and capable to handle this business transaction,reply urgently so that I will immediately draft an application form which you will fill and send directly to the office of Director Foreign remittance Department,by so doing the application will make you the bornfire Beneficiary of the above fund, I will give you all information's necessary. Note that the transaction is very free no risk involved and you have to follow my instructions till the fund hit your bank account. YoursFaithfully,KABRE NICOLAS.
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