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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "salam sudu" <salam_sudu6@mail.mn>
Reply-To: salam_sudu200@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:35:57 +0000
Subject: URGENTLY WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY ON THIS PROPOSAL


*FROM, MR.* *SALAM SUDU
BILL AND EXCHANGE OFFICER, *
*AFRICAN, DEVELOPMENT BANK *
*OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.

DEAR FRIEND,
HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR FAMILY? HOPE FINE, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION
ANDUNDERSTAND MY REASON OF CONTACTING YOU TODAY THROUGH THIS EMAIL, I AM
SALAM SUDU, BILL AND EXCHANGE OFFICER IN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND
DURING T**HE AUDITING OF THE YEAR 2006, I DISCOVERED ANABOUNDED SUM OF
$10.5M THAT BELONGS TO OUR LATE (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER FROM MUNICH, GERMANY)
WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN JULLY 2000 IN A PLANE CRASH


FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELLOW
**HTTP://NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/1/HI/WORLD/EUROPE/859479.STM*<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/HI/WORLD/EUROPE/859479.STM>

*I DESPERATELY NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO SECURE AND MOVE THIS HUGE SUMS OF
MONEY LEFT BEHIND BY MY LATE CLIENT TO THE TUNE OF $10.5M, (TEN MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) OUT FROM BANK TO YOUR OWN ACCOUNT, HE EXECUTED
CONTRACT THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF WORK AND HOUSING HERE IN OUAGADOUGOU
BURKINA-FASO AND THE MENTIONED MONEY ABOVE IS HIS MONEY LEFT IN OUR
BANK **BEFORE
HIS DEATH. *
**
*I HAVE PERFECTED EVERYTHING FOR THE SMOOTHNESS OF THIS TRANSACTION, I WILL
PAY YOU 35% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION IN THIS MATTER. IF YOU
KNOW THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED AND CAPABLE TO HANDLE THIS BUSINESS
TRANSACTION, COME UP WITH THE INFORMATION'S SHOWED BELOW:-

1. YOUR FULL NAME:
2. YOUR CONTACT CELL PHONE NUMBER:
3. YOUR AGE:
4. YOUR SEX:
5. YOUR OCCUPATIONS:
6. YOUR COUNTRY AND CITY:

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ALL THESE INFORMATION'S IS SUBMITTED TO ME, I WILL
IMMEDIATELY DRAFT AN APPLICATION FORM WITH ALL YOUR INFORMATION'S AND SEND
BACK TO YOU, SO THAT YOU WILL PROCEED WITH THE TRANSACTION BY SENDING THE
FORM TO BOA BANK FOR THE TRANSFERRING OF THIS FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,*
*MR.* *SALAM SUDU
*

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