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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:
  • "hundred thousand united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "foreign exchange" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • mashal_afra55@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mashal_afraah3 Gazeta.pl" <mashal_afraah3@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:26:43 +0000
Subject: Please read very carefuly from


Please read very carefuly from
Brother Mashal Afraah
The chiefAuditor Incharge, F.R.U.
African Development Bank (ADB).
OuagadougouBurkina-faso West Africa.

I will appreciate your urgent response to my email and i assure you that
this
transfer will surely improve our lives and those around us. I am Mr.Mashal
Afraah, I work in the International Operation Department of a prime bank
here
in Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso. I believe and feel quite safe revealing this
important business and will be glad to execute it with you.

My assurance to you is that,this transaction is 100% risk and trouble free
to
both parties.I am only contacting you who is a foreigner because my bank is
going to welcome you as a foreigner that has correct information about the
account as i will fornish to you before we proceed.I got your mail contact
from the International directory and will be glad to do this business with
you.


for more information and proper understanding about the deceased person,
contact me and i will give you full details about the whole process.During
my
last momentary auditing, i discovered that this man holds an account in my
bank
which he left no beneficiary. My investigation proved to me as well that his
company and family does not know anything about this very account.

The tranferable amount is Nineteen Million Three Hundred Thousand United
State
Dollars and I want to transfer this fund into a safe foreign account abroad.


So i need your full co-operation to make this work fine. If you are capable
of
handling such an amount in strict confidence and trust we will achieve this
total fund sucesfuly. I will also use my position to influence and affect
legal
approvals for immediate onward transfer of this fund into your account with
appropriate clearance from the ministries and foreign exchange department.
As
soon as the transfer is concluded,you are entitled to 39% out of the total
funds. Reply me through the bellow E-mail address.Sincerely Yours,
Mr Mashal Afraah(Auditor).
Tell : 00 226 70437906
E-mai: mashal_afra55@yahoo.fr<javascript:sendMail('mashal_afra55@yahoo.fr')>

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