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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_afraah5 Gazeta.pl" <mashal_afraah5@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:52:55 +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

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