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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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "% of every payment" (Beware of any scheme that involves depositing checks or money orders or receiving wire transfers in your bank account and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere, for a percentage of 5-15% of the total. Such offers are *always* fraudulent and you will be liable for the entire amount when the checks, money orders or wire transfers turn out to be fraudulent. Any money already forwarded comes out of *your* pocket then. )
• This email message is a company representative scam. This type of job offer scam involves the cashing of fake checks and money orders. It could expose you to losses of tens of thousands of dollars as well as to the risk of criminal prosecution and (in some cases) imprisonment.
• 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.
  • khalif_abdullah@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Abdullah Khalif" <khalifa.ullah@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <khalif_abdullah@sify.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:30:42 +0000
Subject: RE; TRADE PARTNERSHIP ENQURIES



FROM THE DESK OF,DR. KHALIF KWAME ABDULLAH,CEO, FARM-ANAS COMPANY LTD. GHANA.Attn:Actually, I find your country so good to invest in and I want you to go through this message very carefully and get back to me as soon as possible for details, as you have a greater role to play as to this funds.I am the CEO of Farm-Anans Ghana Limited and the company is a major exporting company, but due to the high rate of taxation on incoming and out going of funds in the West African region. I hereby solicit the establishment of a business relationship with you such that customers could be making payments of excess sales by me through you and you will be remitting it to me via an account that will not disclose the money being proceeds of exports for which tax was evaded.However, I want you to be informed that I am exporting and selling out more of our products far beyond government approved quota. And our company is one of the ten major companies' empowered with exporting.Now straight to business, you will be entitled to 15% of every payment made through you. For your information's, we have debtors to the tune of over $8,000, 000.00 USD of which $2,000,000.00 USD has been deposited in International Commercial Bank of Ghana and i would be very glad if you can stand as a representative in your country and earn 15% of every payment made through you for us and this would be a continuing exercise process.I await your readiness in order for us to proceed by instructing some of our debtors who are almost ready to make payments, so that they can start making the payments to us through you.You can also contact me through these mailing address: (khalif_abdullah@sify.com)Best regards,Dr. khalif Abdullah Kwame.(CEO).
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