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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)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  • address.amadi.hamed2@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "amadi hamed" <amadihamed2@latinmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:55:24 +0100 (CET)
Subject: ASALAMALEKU URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL.........


FROM THE DESK OF DR.AMADI HAMED=20
BILL AND EXCHANGE FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.=20
BANK OF AFRICA ( BOA)=20
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO ,=20
EMAIL ADDRESS.amadi.hamed2@yahoo.com

DEAR FRIEND,=20

COMPLIMENTS,=20

I AM THE MANAGER OF BILL AND EXCHANGE AT THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE
DEPARTMENT OF BANK OF AFRICA.=20

I AM WRITTING TO SEEK YOUR COPERATION OVER THIS BUSINESSDEAL.IN MY
DEPARTMENT, I DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM OF $30MILLION USD(THIRTYMILL=
ION
US DOLLARS)ONLY , IN ANACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN
CUSTOMERS WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN A PLANE CRASH THAT =
TOOK
PLACE IN KENYA,EAST AFRICA,THE LATE DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY,A CITIZEN OF
ATLANTA,UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BUT NATURALISED IN BURKINAFASO,WEST A=
FRICA
AND CONTRACTOR WITH ECOWAS,(ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES)=

=20

SINCE WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH, WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING HIS
NEXT OF KIN TO COME OVER AND CLAIM HIS MONEY BECAUSE IT CANNOT BE
RELEASED UNLESS SOMEBODY APPLIES FOR IT AS NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO =
THE
DECEASED AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING GUIDELINES BUT UNFORTUNATELY , AL=
L HIS
SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION DIED ALONGSIDE WITH HIM AT THE PLANE
CRASH LEAVING NOBODY BEHIND FOR THE CLAIM. IT IS THEREFORE UPON THIS
DISCOVERY THAT I NOW DECIDED TO MAKE THIS BUSINNESS PROPOSAL TO YOU AN=
D
RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU VIA YOUR FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT AS THE NEXT OF
KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED FOR SAFETY AND SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT=

SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR IT AND THIS MONEY COULD GO INTO THE BANK
TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL.=20

THE BANKING LAW AND GUIDELINE HERE STIPULATES THAT IF SUCH MONEY
REMAINED UNCLAIMED AFTER FIVE YEARS, THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERED INTO=
THE
BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUND.THE REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND
MAXIMUM CO-OPERATION AS A FOREIGN CITIZEN TO STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN =
IN
THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE DECEASED CUSTOMER WAS=
A
FOREIGNER AND A BURKINABE CANNOT STAND AS NEXT OF KIN TO AFOREIGNER.=20=


40 % OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS MY FOREIGN PARTNER,INRESPECT TO
THE PROVISION OF A FOREIGN ACCOUNT. 10 %WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR EXPENCES=

INCURED DURING THE BUSINESS AND 50 % WOULD BE FOR ME.THERE AFTER I WIL=
L
COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT ACCODING THE PERCENTAGES
INDICATED.THEREFORE TO ENABLE THE IMMEDIATE TRNANSFER OF THIS FUND TO =
YOU
AS ARRANGED,YOU MUST APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS THE RELATION OR NEXT
OF KIN TO THE DECEASED,INDICATING YOUR CLAIMS AND WHEREIN THE MONEY
WILL BE REMITTED .=20

UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL SEND TO YOU BY FAX OR EMAIL THE TEXT=

OF APPLICATION WHICH YOU WILL FILL ANDSUBMIT TO THE OFFICE OF THE
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DIRECTOR OF THE BANK OF AFRICA. I WILL NOT FAILTO B=
RING
TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS STRICLY CONFIDENTIAL AND I WIL=
L
USE MY POSITION IN THIS BANK TO EFFECT A HITCH FREE TRANSFER OF THE
FUND.=20

YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS LETTER.=20=


TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU IMMEDIATELY.=20

PLEASE , VISIT THE WEBSITE BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATIONS=20
ABOUT THE PLANE CRASH AND THE TRAGIC DEATH OF THE DECEASED AND HIS
ENTIRE FAMILY,=20

LATE DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY.=20

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html=20

YOURS FAITHFULLY,=20
AMADI HAMED



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