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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
  • "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)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "a reliable and reputable person to handle this" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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: ramadan abdu <abdu_1020@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <rama_abdu1@myway.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:19:01 +0000
Subject: Trusting to hear from you immediately.



FROM THE DESK OF DR. RAMADAN ABDUBILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER, AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO. TEL:00226-78-81-04-32 Good day,I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance departmentof African Development bank (ADB). I came to know you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this Confidential Transaction,which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence. An investor (our costumer)who died without naming a next of kin to his fund in my bank.The amount in question is a about $30.M(thirty million US dollars) and banking regulation/legislation in Burkina Faso demand that I notify the fiscal authorities after a statutory time.The above set of facts underscores my reason of writing and making the following proposing to present you as the next of kin.you can view the site for more details: (news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm) I have all the legal and Banking details of our deceased client that will facilitate our putting you forward as the claimant/beneficiary of the funds and ultimately transfer the money to any bank account nominated by you.I am prepared to compensate you with a 30% share of the total funds for your efforts.10 % will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60 % would be for me and my colleagues. Please contact me immediately whether or not you are interested in this deal.If you are not,it will enable me scout for another foreign partner to carry out this deal.But where you are interested, contact me through my email address for more details as time is of the essence in this business. You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter. Trusting to hear from you immediately. Yours faithfully, Dr. Ramadan Abdu, Bill and exchange manager, African Development bank ADB
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