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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "confidential business" (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.
• 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.
  • mrsfatima.mohammed75@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3amrsfatima.mohammed75@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "fatima mohammed" <fatima_mohammed22@me.by>
Reply-To: mrsfatima.mohammed75@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:44:40 +0200
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF: FATIMA MOHAMMED


*FROM THE DESK OF: FATIMA MOHAMMED
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING SECTION,
BANK OF AFRICA(BOA),
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO,
WEST AFRICA.*

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*PRIVATE E:MAIL:Mrsfatima.mohammed75@yahoo.fr<E%3AMAIL%3AMrsfatima.mohammed75@yahoo.fr>
*
*


(PLEASE SEND ALL INFORMATION BY MAIL FOR THE SECRET OF THE TRANSITIONS /
( CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS) .

Dear

Friend,


This message might meet you in utmost surprise, however,it's just my urgent
need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction.
I am a banker by profession from Burkina faso in west Africa and currently
holding the post of Director Auditing and Accounting unit of the bank.I
have the opportunity transferring the left over funds ($5.5million) of one
of my bank clients who died along with his entire family on 31ST October
2000 in a plane crash.

You can confirm the genuine of the deceased death by clicking on this web
site **http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm*<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm>
*Hence,i am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be shared
between us in the ratio of 60/30 while 5% will be mapped out for
expenses.If you agree to my business proposal.further details of the
transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive your return mail and
phone call. have a great day.
N.B As you know this is a great business chance between me and you,

Please as soon as you got this mail if you are interested, 1, You must make
sure You will be calling me on phone all the time once the transaction
started and once you receive this my first mail, Make sure that You have
money for telephone calls, i will also ready with money on my side, 2,
Please if you are not able to communicate with telephone forget about the
business, 3, Expenses inside the bank here We Are To Share it Together Take
NOTE ,

But anything bank needed from you in your country You will take
responsibility of it, take note of this please to avoid at the end you will
say to me i did not tell you, 4, My promise to you is 100% no risk, i will
cover everything here and the transaction will move very 100% OK; 5, Again
My coming to your country once the money transferred , Me and you will
exchange our photos, For you to know me in your country airport, 6, Now if
you are interested i need urgent and fast reply, because we have only 14
working days to tackle this business this year, We need to be fast over it,

FRIST I NEED THIS DATAS FROM YOU

1, Your Photo scaned to Me......................

2, Your Full Name........................

3, Your Telephone Number..................

4, Your Age..............................

5, Your Occupation........................

As Soon As i Receive This Datas I Will Now Send To You An Application Letter
Of Claim Which You Will Send To Bank For The Transation

With Best Regard*

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