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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)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
• 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.
  • karim_camara45@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: karaim camara <karim_camara19@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <karim_camara45@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:25:21 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL PROPOSAL FROM MR. KARIM CAMARA URGENT RESPOND PLS



Confidential proposal from the desk of Mr.
KARIM CAMARA Bill and Exchange Manager
[B.O.A]Bank of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.
West Africa,Urgent Reply Pls.

[Remittance of[$20.5M.Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand UNITED STATES DOLLARS]Confidential is the cash



Compliment of the season.

I am Mr. KARIM CAMARA BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER FOREIGN REMAITTENCE DEPARTMENT BANK OF AFRICA [B.O.A].

I am seeking for your capability and reliability to champion this business transaction with me in my department we discoverd an abadoned sum of [$20.5M.Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand UNITED STATES DOLLARS]in account belongs to one of our foreign customer Mr.ANDREAS SCHRANNER who died along with his family in a plane crash on[Friday December 26,2003]

Since we got the information about his sudening death,we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his fund daprosited in our bank because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicating in our banking guidelines,

But unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim, It is therefore upon this discovery i and one of the official in my department now decided to make this business proposal with you and release the fund to you as the rigth next of kin to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it, and we don’t want this money to go into the bank treasury account as unclaimed bill.

The banking law and guidelines here situplates that if such money remained unclaimed after five years without any body coming for it the money will be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund,The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinaba cannot stand as next to forgein account.

We agerr that you shall be entitled to 30% of the total fund for your co-operation in this transaction while 10% will be set aside for expenses both of us incured during the course of this transaction,Therefore after the fund transfer into your bank account over there in your country i and my family will visit in your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated.

Note, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged,you must apply first in my bank and you shall present yourself as business associates to the deceased person as details shall be that you are the in-law and business associates to the late customer.

I shall make available to you materials and information in which a successful claim shall be placed on the fund,I shall also be your guidiance and instructor throughout the duration of this transaction so as to ensure a swift and sure transfer of the fund to your bank account without any problem.

So if you are intrested and you want both of us to make this money together reply to me(karim_camara45@yahoo.com) immediattely with the information bellow.

Your Full Name...........?
Your Sex.................?
Your Age.................?
Your Country.............?
Your Religion............?
Your Photograph..........?
Your Occupation..........?
Your Personal Mobil N°...?
Your Personal Fax N°.....?
Marital Status...........?
Upon receipt of your reply,i will send to you by fax or e-mail the test of application i will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.


POST SERITUM: You have to keep every thing secret as to enable the transaction to move very smoothly into the bank account number you will provide to the bank.

Best Regard,
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. KARIM CAMARA.
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