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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)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Ali Ahoefa <aliahoefa13@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <aliahoefa@dr.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:39:04 +0100
Subject: Greetings from Dr Ali




FROM THE DESK OF DR ALI AHOEFABILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGERBANK OF AFRICA (BOA)WEST AFRICA
TEL: (00226) 78893998DEAR FRIEND,CONFIDENTIALI know that this mail will come to you as a big surprise; I am the bill and exchange manager in bank of Africa. I hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families.In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of 10.5m us dollars in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR.ANDREAS SCHRANNER FROM MUNICH, GERMANY), who died along with his entire family in Monday, 31 July, 2000, in a plane crash. for more information visit this site below:ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stmI need your urgent assistance in transferring the mentioned sum Immediately to your account, the money has been dormant for years in our bank here without any body coming for the claim, i don't want the money to go into our bank treasury as an abandoned or unclaimed fund, so this is the reason why I contacted you, so that we can release the money to you as the nearest person to the deceased customer.please i will like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete if you are not interested and if you are interested reply and call me for my urgent attention, upon receipt of your reply, I will send you full details on how the business will be executed and also note that you will have 30% of the above mentioned sum if you agree to transact the business with me and 10% will be for any expenses that will occur during the transfer why I will have 60% as my own share.DR.ALI AHOEFABANK OF AFRICA (BOA)OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASOWEST AFRICA
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