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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:
  • "huge amount 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)
  • "transfer into your account" (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)
  • "hundred thousand u.s 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)
  • "30% for you " (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)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: usman gue <usmangue25@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <usmangue@myway.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:12:33 +0100
Subject: TRANSFER OF (25.200.000.00).TWENTY-FIVE MILLION TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND US DOLLARS FROM MR. USMAN GUE.



The Chief Auditor/Information manager,In-Charge of Foreign UnitAfrican Development Bank Group,Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso.

My Dear

I am MR Usman Gue,

The Chief Auditor/Information Manager, In-Charge of Foreign Unit of our bank, and I have had the intent to contact you over this financial transaction/transfer worth the sum of Twenty five Million Two Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars. (US$25.2M) for our progress and richness, this is an abandoned sum that belongs to our late foreign customer who was a victim of (Beirut Bound Charter) Jet Plane crash happened on the 26th December 2003 in Cotonou (Republic of Benin), and he died along with his wife.
I was opportune to see the deceased deposit file bearing this huge amount of money when I was inspecting the dated and current customer’s files in other to sign and submit to the entire bank management for an official validation / re-documentation against the statement approval to the account holders for the year. In a swift investigation carried out by me, I found out that none of the deceased relative is aware of the abandoned fund except his late wife.

As a result of that, it is an extremely confidential matter between me and you. Hence you are a foreigner to our country, you are authorized by our Banking law to apply and claim the fund into your account as the NEXT-OF-KIN to the deceased. After the successful transfer, we shall share in ratio of 30% for you and 70% for me. Should you be interested, please respond to my letter immediately, so we can commence all arrangements and I will give you more information on the project and how we would handle it. Please treat this business with utmost confidentiality. I need your urgent response on assurance of trust that you will not deny my right of the share once the fund gets into your account. What I mean is you are the one who will help me get visa to your country immediately I resign from my work on the instant of the transfer into your account, and send me the following information for documentation purpose:

(1)Full names:(2)private phone number:(3)current residential address:(4)international passport copy or ID card:(5)Age and Sex:
(6)Occupation:

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kindly call me @ 00226 78 16 74 60. For more clarifications about the transaction
In sincerity,Mr Usman Gue.
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