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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:
  • "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)
  • "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • malikzumar2@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:19:41 +0200
Subject: Urgent and Confidential













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FROM THE OFFICE OF MR MALIK ZUMAR
THE CHIEF AUDITOR INCHARGE
AFRICANDEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO
WEST AFRICA. (TEL: - 22675145555.)=C2=A0=20
=C2=A0
Reply to address(malikzumar2@yahoo.com)

Dear Partner
=C2=A0
I presumed that all is well with you and your family. Please let this do =
not be a surprise proposal to you because i got your contact information =
from the international directory in few weeks ago before i decided to con=
tact you on this magnitude and lucrative transaction for our future survi=
val in life. Moreover, i have laid all the solemn trust in you before i d=
ecided to disclose this successful & confidential transaction to you.=20
=C2=A0
I, MALIK=C2=A0 ZUMAR THE CHIEF AUDITOR INCHARGE OF FOREIGN REMITTANCE UNI=
T of ourbank and i have had the intent to contact you over this financial=
transaction worth the sum of NINETEEN MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UN=
ITED STATES DOLLARS($19,300,000.00 ) for our success. This is an abandone=
d sum that belongs to one of our bank foreign customers who died along wi=
th his entire family through plane crash disaster since few years ago. Me=
anwhile i was very fortune to came across the deceased file when i was ar=
ranging the old and abandoned customers files in other to sign and submit=
to the entire bank management for an official re-documentation and audit=
of the year against 2008.=20

=C2=A0Be informed clearly that it was stated in our banking rules and reg=
ulations which was signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed ti=
ll the period of 5 years started from the date when the beneficiary died,=
the money will be transferred into the treasury as an unclaimed fund. As=
an honor and advantage bestowed to our foreign customers base on the rul=
es guiding our bank, it was stated obviously that if you are not a Burkin=
a Faso citizen, you have the absolute authority to claim the fund hence y=
ou are a foreigner despite your differences from the country of origin of=
the deceased. 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 OR EXTENDED RELATIVE to the deceased.=20

=C2=A0On the transfer of this fund into your account, { 39% }being (US$7,=
527,000.00) will be your share in respect of the account provision and yo=
urassistance rendered during the transfer of the fund into your bank acco=
unt,{ 52%} being (US$10,036,000.00) will be my share being the coordinato=
r of thetransaction while the rest { 9% } being (US$1,737,000.00) will be=
shared to therespectable Organizations Centers such as Charity Organizat=
ion, Motherless Babies homes, and helpless disabled people in the World.=20
=C2=A0
=C2=A0If you are really sure of your trustworthy, accountability and conf=
identiality on his transaction, contact me and agree that you will not ch=
ange your mind to cheat or disappoint me when the fund have getting into =
your account. Besides you should not entertain any fear because i am sure=
of the success as an insider in the bank ok. Please reply with the assur=
ance, include your private telephone and fax numbers necessary for facili=
tate an easy communication in this transaction. As soon as you reply, so =
that i will let you know the next step to follow in order to finalize thi=
s transaction immediately.=20
=C2=A0
(FILL THIS FORM BELLOW PLEASE AND RESEND
IT TO ME).
1) Your FullName:-.........................
2) YourAge:-...............................
3) MaritalStatus:-.........................
4) Your CellPhone Number:-.................
5) Your FaxNumber:-........................
6) YourCountry:-...........................
7) YourOccupation:-........................
8)Sex:-....................................
9)Your Religion:-..........................
10) YourPrivate E-mail Adress:.............

Yours sincerely
MR MALIK=C2=A0 ZUMAR.=C2=A0
=C2=A0

Reply to address(malikzumar2@yahoo.com)

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