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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:
  • "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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "ohmar madou" <madou_ohmar02@livedoor.com>
Reply-To: madou_ohmar00@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:47:15 +0200
Subject: I AM WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT


MR.Madou Ohmar
The Manager of Audit & Accountancy Dept.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso.

( READ CAREFULLY AND KEEP SECRET)

Greeting, and how are you doing? I hope fine.Please let this my message
do not be a surprise to you because i got your information and lay trust in
you before i contacted you.I am the MANAGER OF AUDIT & ACCOUNTANCY
DEPARTMENT of our bank and i decided to contact you over this financial
transaction worth the sum of Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand US dollars
($10,500,000.00).This is an abandoned fund that belongs to the one of our
bank foreign customers who died along with his completely family on 25th
oct,2002 in a plane crash disaster.
I was very fortune to came acroos the deceased file when i was
arranging the old and abandoned customers files of 2003-2004 in other to
submit to the bank managements accordingly for documentation purposes.
It is clearly stated in our BANKING FOREIGN POLICY and signed lawfully
that if such fund remains unclaimed by the NEXT OF KIN till the period of
SIX
(6) years starting from the date when the beneficiary died, the money will
be transferred into the BANK TREASURY as an unclaimed fund.Besides,it is
not authorized by the law guiding our bank for a citizen of BURKINA FASO
to make the claim of the fund.

So the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim
and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the
NEXT OF KIN to the deceased.When the fund is transferred into your
account,FOURTY PERCENT(40%) will be for you in an assistance and in
provision of the bank account,while SIXTY PERCENT (60%) will be for me.
If you are really sure of your integerity, trustworthy and
confidentiality,reply with your contact necessary for the transfer and call
me as you so that i will let you know the steps to follow in order to
finalize
this transaction immediately.I will be waiting for your urgent reply. My.
regards to you and your family,

MR.Madou Ohmar

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