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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:
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "patricia mbuluku" <patricia.mbuluku1@latinmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:09:43 +0100 (CET)
Subject: PRINCESS PATRICIA MBULUKU CRIES FOR HELP.(YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NEEDED).REPLY SOONEST PLEASE.


DEAREST SIR/MADAM,
=20
I AM WRITING THIS LETTER IN CONFIDENCE BELIEVING THAT IF IT IS THE WISH=
OF GOD FOR YOU TO HELP ME AND MY FAMILY, GOD ALMIGHTY WILL BLESS AND R=
EWARD YOU ABUNDANTLY AND YOU WILL NEVER REGRET THIS.I AM A BURKINABE BY=
BIRTH,AND ALSO A FEMALE STUDENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OUAGADOUGOU,BUR=
KINA FASO,WEST AFRICA.

I AM 24 YRS OLD. I'D LIKE ANY PERSON WHO CAN BE CARING, LOVING AND HOME=
ORIENTED. I WILL LOVE TO HAVE A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AND TO=
KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD UP A SOLID FOUNDATION WITH =
YOU IN TIME COMING IF YOU CAN BE ABLE TO HELP ME IN THIS TRANSACTION.
=20
WELL, MY LATE FATHER DIED EARLIER TWO MONTHS AGO IN AN AUTO(MOTOR)ACCID=
ENT, AND LEFT I AND MY TWO JUNIOR BROTHERS BEHIND.HE WAS A KING IN THIS=
OUR MOSSI LAND,WHICH OUR TOWN CITIZENS TITLED HIM OVER SIXTEEN YEARS B=
EFORE HIS DEATH.
=20
I WAS A PRINCESS TO HIM AND I AM THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN TAKE CARE OF H=
IS WEALTH NOW BECAUSE MY JUNIOR BROTHERS IS STILL YOUNG AND MY MOTHER I=
S NOT LITERATE ENOUGH TO KNOW ALL MY FATHER'S WEALTH. HE LEFT THE SUM O=
F USD 7.5M (SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS)IN A FIXED D=
EPOSIT ACCOUNT AT THE BANK OF AFRICA HERE IN BURKINA FASO.

THIS MONEY WAS ANNUALLY PAID INTO MY LATE FATHER'S ACCOUNT FROM A GOLD =
MINING COMPANY( GMC ))AND THE COTTON COMPANY(BFCC) OPERATING IN OUR LOC=
ALITY FOR THE COMPENSATION OF HIS GOOD LEADERSHIP AND FOR THE COMMUNITY=
DEVELOPMENT IN OUR JURISDICTION.
=20
I DON'T KNOW HOW AND WHAT I WILL DO TO INVEST THIS MONEY SOMEWHERE IN A=
BROAD, SO THAT MY LATE FATHER'S KINDRED WILL NOT TAKE OVER WHAT BELONGS=
TO MY LATE FATHER AND OUR FAMILY, WHICH THEY WERE PLANNING TO DO WITHO=
UT MY PRESENT BECAUSE I AM A FEMALE AS STATED BY OUR MOSSI CULTURE IN T=
HE TOWN.

NOW, I URGENTLY NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE TO MOVE THIS MONEY FROM THE=
BANK OF AFRICA HERE IN BURKINA FASO,INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AT YOUR COU=
NTRY,AND I STRONGLY BELIEVES THAT BY THE GRACE OF GOD, YOU WILL HELP ME=
TO INVEST THIS MONEY WISELY.
=20
I AM READY TO PAY 20% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO YOU IF YOU HELPS US IN THI=
S TRANSACTION AND ANOTHER 10% INTEREST OF ANNUAL AFTER INCOME TO YOU, F=
OR HANDLING THIS TRANSACTION FOR US, WHICH YOU WILL STRONGLY HAVE ABSOL=
UTE CONTROL OVER.
=20
AFTER WHICH,MY LOVELY MOTHER,MY TWO YOUNG BROTHERS,AND I WILL COME OVER=
THERE IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR OUR SUBSEQUENT SHARING OF THE MONEY SUCCESSF=
ULLY TRANSFERED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT ACCORDINGLY BY THE PERCENTAGES MAPPED=
OUT HERE IN MY PROPOSAL FOR YOU.
=20
PLEASE,BEAR IN MIND THAT IAM TRUSTING THIS CLAIM ON YOUR HANDS,AND I HO=
PE YOU WON'T BETRAY MY YOUNG BROTHERS,MY LOVELY MOTHER,AND I AS SOONEST=
AS THE BANK HAVE TRANSFERED THE MONEY INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

IF YOU CAN HANDLE THIS PROJECT SINCERELY AND ALSO WILLING TO ASSIST ME =
IN LIFTING OF THIS MONEY INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT,KINDLY REACH ME URGENTL=
Y THROUGH THIS MY E-MAIL ADDRESS.PLEASE,NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 1=
00% RISK FREE.

I WILL SEND TO YOU MY RECENT PICTURE,AND MY LATE FATHER'S PICTURE WHICH=
HE TOOK WITH MY ALIFE MOTHER AS SOONEST AS I HEARS FROM YOU URGENTLY.

GOD BLESS YOU.
THANKS FROM,
MISS.PATRICIA MBULUKU.


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