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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)
• 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.
  • dr_as_an_nu@universia.cl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • dr.as.an.nu@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: dr_as_an_nu1@universia.cl
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:33:44 +0100
Subject: I'M WAITING


*DR. ASILLY ANAA NUBEAH,
DIRECTOR AUDITING AND
ACCOUNTING UNIT OF
(B.O.A) BANK OF **AFRICA,
BURKINA-FASO.*
*82 ZANGOTE YENUGUA 02 BP, OUAGADOUGOU.*
*
** Read Carefully And Reply As Soon As Possible... *
Reply me here please.
Email: dr_as_an_nu@universia.cl

Dear Friend,
This message might meet you in utmost surprise, this is my next mail to
you as i didn't receive your reply on the previous mail, i looks forword to
read from you this time.

However, it's just my urgent need for a foreign partner that made me to
contact you for this transaction. Because it's not what i can do alone. I'm
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 of transfering the left over funds ($11.5million)
Eleven Million, Five hundred Dollars of one of our bank clients who died
along with his entire family on 31 july 2000 in a plane crash. You can
confirm the genuiness of the deceased death by clicking on this web site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Hence, i've trusted and inviting you for a business deal where this
money can be shared between us in the ratio of 60/30 while 10% will be
mapped out for expenses. Please i would like you to be honest and always
keep in touch with me to enable us discuss further for the succes. If you
agreed/interested to my business proposal, further details of the transfer
will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive your reply. Have a wonderful
day.

Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Asilly Anaa Nubeah

Send your reply to my new email address,
Email: dr_as_an_nu@universia.cl <dr.as.an.nu@gmail.com>

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam