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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • dagogoaguri@fsmail.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dag" <devkoroma@googlemail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: devcatelplc@aim.com
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 01:14:40 +0000
Subject: Kindly Respond Asap

Hello Dear Friend
I am Maputo Ngoye, Executive Vice President, Head Auditor islamic development fund
Division of islamic development bank , senegal. in our current performance of Annual
Account Audit, I found within our database a domant accounts with large reserve of
deposits that has a registered name to it, following the domancy of the account,
an investigation was plunged, the result was that the account owner had died,
further investigation for the next of kin to the account owner proved negative
as both the depositor and family were deceased and next of kin data accidentaly
removed and missing.

Being in the helm of affairs, I have the power and expertise to have these funds
moved but there has to be a recipient even as questions or investigation would
not be carried out on this deal, it will be entirely untraceable to you with the system
we are applying, also the reason we contacted you because you bear the surname identity
and therefore can present you as the beneficiary to the inheritance with your real genuine
identification documents. We therefore reckoned that you could receive this fund
as you are qualified by your name identity.
I therefore seek you consent to collaborate with me by letting me document you
as the relative to the deceased client in position to receive the (Eight Million, Five Hundred
Thousand British Pounds) on our behalf. Interested in working with me on this,
do send me an email providing me with your name and telephone No. indicating
your interest, on hearing from you, I will provide you with further information to
the logistics of having these funds moved. I would prefer you reach me specifically
via my personal email address: Email:dagogoaguri@fsmail.net i will provide you
with my phone number upon hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Maputo Ngoye
Auditor General IISDF
See Vie Lodge.

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