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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million 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)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Omra Ta" <omra_ta200@latinmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 13:55:54 +0100 (CET)
Subject: TREAT URGENTLY AND CONFIDENTIAL.


FROM THE DESK OF MR OMRA TA.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
BANK OF AFRICAN.
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.
WEST AFRICA.

TREAT URGENTLY AND CONFIDENTIAL.

DEAR,
HOW ARE YOU, FIRST I WILL EXPLAIN MY SELF IN BRIEF FOR YOU BEFORE WE PR=
OCEED. I AM THE MANAGER OF BILL AND EXCHANGE AT THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE =
DEPARTMENT OF BANK OF AFRICA (BOA) I AM WRITING TO SEEK YOUR INTERES=
T OVER A BUSINESS , IN MY DEPARTMENT WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM OF =
$20M US DOLLARS ( TWENTY MILLION US DOLLARS).

IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMER ( MR. ANDREA=
S SCHRANNER FROM MUNICH, GERMANY) WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY=
IN NOVEMBER15TH 2000 IN A PLANE CRASH.

HTTP://NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/1/HI/WORLD/EUROPE/859479.STM

SINCE WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH, WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING HIS NE=
XT OF KIN TO COME OVER AND CLAIM HIS MONEY BECAUSE WE CANNOT RELEASE IT=
UNLESS HIS NEXT OF KIN OR RELATIVE APPLIES FOR IT AS NEXT OF KIN OR RE=
LATION TO THE DECEASED AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING GUIDELINES BUT UNFOR=
TUNATELY WE LEARNT THAT ALL HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION DIED A=
LONGSIDE WITH HIM AT THE PLANE CRASH LEAVING NOBODY BEHIND FOR THE CLAI=
M.=20

IT IS THEREFORE UPON THIS DISCOVERY THAT I AND TWO OTHER OFFICIALS IN M=
Y DEPARTMENT NOW DECIDED TO ESCAPE WITH THE FUND, AND AS SUCH WE VIAL T=
O MAKE THIS BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU SO THAT MY BANK WILL RELEASE THE F=
UND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO OUR BANK DECEASED CUSTOMER =
FOR SAFETY AND SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR CLAIM=
S AND WE DON'T WANT THIS MONEY TO GO INTO THE BANK TREASURY.

INFECT I KNOW THE FUND WILL NOT EVEN GO INTO THE BANK TREASURY, BUT OUR=
TOP BANK OFFICIALS (DIRECTORS) WILL ONLY SHARE IT AMONG THEMSELVES INT=
O THEIR ACCOUNTS.

THE BANKING LAW AND GUIDELINE HERE IN BURKINA FASO STIPULATES THAT IF A=
NY CUSTOMER ACCOUNT OR PROPERTY REMAINS UNSERVICEABLE OR DORMANT, AND U=
NCLAIMED AFTER FIVE YEARS, THE ACCOUNT WILL BE CONFISCATED AND TRANSFER=
RED INTO THE BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL.
THE REQUEST OF FOREIGNER AS NEXT OF KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED=
BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER AND BURKINABE CANNOT STA=
ND AS NEXT OF KIN TO A FOREIGNER.

WE AGREE THAT 30% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS FOREIGN PARTNER, IN =
RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF A FOREIGN ACCOUNT, AND YOUR IMENSE CONTRIBU=
TION TO CHAMPION THE COURSE OF TRANSFERRING THE FUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT. =
10 % WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE BOTH PARTY DURING T=
HE BUSINESS AND 60 % WOULD BE FOR ME AND MY COLLEAGUES.=20
THERE AFTER I AND MY COLLEAGUES WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMEN=
T ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGES INDICATED.=20

THEREFORE TO ENABLE MY BANK TRANSFER THE FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT,I WILL =
SEND TO YOU THE TEXT OF APPLICATION WHICH YOU WILL SEND TO MY BANK AS N=
EXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED CUSTOMER AND THAT WILL BE WHEN YOU INDICATE =
YOUR INTEREST IN THE BUSINESS, YOU MUST APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS RELA=
TIONS OR NEXT OF KIN OF OUR BANK DECEASED INDICATING YOUR BANK NAME, YO=
UR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER, YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY =
AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHERE IN THE MONEY WILL BE REM=
ITTED.
UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL SEND TO YOU BY FAX OR EMAIL THE TEXT=
OF THE APPLICATION.=20

I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS RISK-=
FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY ATOM OF FEAR AS ALL REQUIRED=
INFORMATIONS WILL BE PERFECTLY MADE FOR YOU TO CHAMPION THE COURSE OF =
THE TRANSACTION WITH MY BANK WITHOUT ANY HITCH OR RISK .

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

TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU IMMEDIATELY.
YOUR'S SINCERELY,
MR OMRA TA.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER(BOA)


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