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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)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.

Fraud email example:

From: mustafah mohammed <mustafah_mohammed21@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mohammedx55@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:39:18 +0200
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF MR. MUSTAFAH MOHAMMED



FROM THE DESK OF MR. MUSTAFAH MOHAMMEDBILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGERBANK OF AFRICA (B.O. A)OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO, WEST AFRICA.Transfer Of (14.500.000.000).Fourteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars.Dear Friend,I am Mr. Mustafah Mohammed, The Auditor General audit and Account Department Of BANK OF AFRICA (B.O. A) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, West Africa. I got your contact information when seaching for an honest and trust worthy person, who will assist me to achieve this transfer fund.l discovered the sum of Fourteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars belonging to our deceased customer Mr.John Korovo.The fund has been lying in a Dormant account without anybody coming to put claim over the money since the account owner late Mr John Korovo from Jordan died along with his entire family December 25th 2003 Benin plane crash.(Here is the air crash website <http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html>)Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.It is upon the discovery that I decided to make this business proposal to you since The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after five years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The satistics of transferring this fund is needed a foreigner as next of kin hence mr john korovo is foreigner. Therefore, i plead for your assistance to stand as the next of kin and has the fund trasnfer to your account.I have agreed that 40% of this money will be for you as the beneficiary in respect of the provision of your Account and services rendered, 55% would be for me while 5% will be for expencses incured during the cause of the transaction.I and my family will leave here immediately to your country for an investment with my share as soon as the fund transfer to your account.Please i want you strictly keep this transaction confidential and secret as you may wish to know that I am Bank official.Be rest assured that this business transaction is 100% risk free on both side and every arrangement to transfer this fund to your Account has been made through. On your willingness toward this transaction, i want you to forward me all your contact information such as: full name, telephone number, fax number and a copy of your photo then i will draft a text of application for which you are going to use to apply in the bank for the release of the fund to you.I will like you to call me immediately you recieve this letter for more discussion and details00226 78 142880.Yours TrulyMr. Mustafah Mohammed.
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