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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)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "sam_sogoba Gazeta.pl" <sam_sogoba@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: sam_sogoba@sify.com
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:02:28 +0000
Subject: Your Urgent Assistance,Is Needed Immediately


*Dear Friend,

I am (Dr Sam Sogoba),the Head of file Department in African development
bank (ADB).I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and
confident that i am
about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of $ 15 million U.S.A
dollars ( fifteen million U.S.A dollars) into your account.The money has
been dormant for years in our Bank here without any body coming for
it.I want to release the money to you as the nearest person to our deceased
customer(MR THOMAS YUZURU)who died a long with his supposed next of kin in
an air crash few years ago.I don't want the
money to go into our Bank treasury acount as unclaimed fund. So this is the
reason why i contacted you, so that we will release the money to you as the
nearest person to the deceased customer.Please I would like you
to keep this proposal as a top secret or delete it if you are not
interested.

Upon the receipt of your reply,I will send you full details on how the
business will be executed and a text of application which you will fill and
send to the bank for the release of the money to your account.Also
note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned sum, if you agree to
transact the business with me while 60% will be for me.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.

Please don't forget to reply with your contact information like-

Name ........................................

Photo.........................................

Age............................................

Marital Status.............................

Cell Phone Number ....................

Fax Number................................

Your Country .............................

Your Occupation.........................

Sex.............................................

Religion .....................................

Private E-mail ...........................

As soon as you send the above iformations,you give me a call on my private
line for more information-(+226-78048492)

Hope to hear from you immediately.

Dr Sam Sogoba.

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