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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)
  • "million us 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)
  • "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.
• 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.
  • mi_sawa@yahoo.com
  • mike_sawa13@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mike sawa <mike_sawa18@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:51:22 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL



FROM THE DESK OF DR MIKE SAWA.BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER.AVENUE DE LA RESISTANCE DU 17 MAI.BANK OF AFRICA. BURKINA FASO.01 BP 362.FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT.OUAGADOUGOU ,01 BURKINA FASO.DEAR SIR.I am the manager of bill and exchange of the foreign remittance department,(B.O.A) BANK OF AFRICA Burkina ,Sir i am trusting this deal to you buy faith and hope that you will handle it without know problem .In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US $20.m (Twenty million US dollars ) In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in january 12th 2000 in a plane crash with (kenya air line)in cote d'voire, abijan.Since we got information about his death , we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim this money because we can not release it to any person unless somebody apply to the bank as a next of kin or relation to the deceased customer as it is indicated in our banking guidelines and laws , unfortunately , we discovered that the only next of kin died alongside with him a prolitical problem being his only daughter left nobody or relation for claim.It is therefor upon this discovery I decided to make this business proposal to you as a foreigner and for you to stand as the next of kin or a relation to deceased person for and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for the claim and I don’t want this money to go into the bank’s treasury as unclaimed bill fund .The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasion the fact that the customer is a foreigner , a Burkinabecan not stand as a next of kin to a foreigner.I agree that 35% of this money will be for your as foreigner partner in respect to the provision of a foreign account , 5% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business , 60% will be for me thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage involved asindicated .To enable the immediate transfer of this money to your private account You have to apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin to the deceased customer .For me to be re-assured that you will not betrayed me i want you to send to me your full datas as stated below. Your full name.Your house resident address .Your telephone number.And you national identity cardUpon receipt of your reply , I will send to you the text of the application that you will use to apply to the bank as next of kin I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is 100%hitch free and do not entertain any fear as all required arrangement has been made for the transferPLEASE TRY AND CONTACT ME WITH THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL YAHOO ADRESS. mi_sawa@yahoo.com or mike_sawa13@yahoo.co.uk
Trusting to hear from you as soon as possible .
Your’s faithfullyMIKE SAWA.
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