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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:
  • "million 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.
  • drabubacar_amudu88@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: drabubacar amudu <drabubacar_amudu13@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <drabubacar_amudu88@yahoo.ca>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 03:33:22 +0100
Subject: GREETING FROM Dr, ABUBACAR AMUDU/ awaiting your earliest response



Dear Sir,
With due respect and confidence that you will not betray me noted your esteem personality, I will in confidentiality seek your cooperation in this project of mutual benefit. I am Dr. Abubacar Amudu, a Ivorian citizen working with Continental Bank Benin Republic. I am 47 years old. I have work with the bank for over 22yrs now. I served as the supervisor at Accra Branch Office before being transferred to Benin noted my enormous contributions for the development of the bank in general.

In view of my position as the Director of Finance/Operations, I have resolved to work out a deal by securing some investments abroad before my retirement. Here in Benin, I have used my position as the director of finance/operations with the help of a Finance House to run this account No.00990742152007 belonging to Late Mr.Christian Eich of Germany, who died in plane crash on Monday 31st Jully 2000 in Hotelissimo. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

And since after his death, I have officially and personally tried all efforts to locate any relatives or associates to come up for the claim, but all to no avail. All documentations will be provide to cover this deal. I have make 4 deposits to the account in the past two years, by borrowing from a Finance House to service the account as a ploy for the management not to declare the account dormant. But I cannot make any withdrawal(s) except I work in unison with a reliable foreign partner and first remit the funds to an account where the claimant can make withdrawals for disbursement and investments. The total value is $16.725.030 Million dollars including the loan deposits I make to the account. But we can only transfer $14Million out of the sum to you as the account must still remain open pending further transactions. It is risk free transaction and I count on your trust.

I have resolved to give you 23% for your involvement, 30% for investment in your products/services under your supervision,1% for expenses we may incur, while 16% will be used to pay up the Finance House of their long term loan and 30% will be kept in trust for me in your country until my arrival there for the disbursement/investments.

Kindly send your letter of cooperation to me immediately you receive this message to enable us proceed accordingly through this email address(drabubacar_amudu88@yahoo.ca)Yours in trust.Dr,Abubacar
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