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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "top secret" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 23:15:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.


NB/ AS YOU CAN SEE BELOW IS=A0THE PHOTOGRAPH OF MR=A0WILLIAM=A0 TANSKY=A0AN=
D THE BANK DIRECTOR'S DURING ONE OF HIS VISIT TO THE BANK (ADB) WHEN HE WAS=
ALIVE.=20

=A0
Please for more details concerning him and how he died, you can visit this =
website:
www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
=A0

From the Desk of Dr. Bushare Mohammed=20
=A0Manager Bill and Exchange Dept
=A0African Development Bank (ADB)
=A0Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.
=A0
=A0Dear Friend,
=A0
=A0I know that this mail will come to you as a=A0=A0surprise. I am the bill=
and Exchange=A0=A0=A0manager in African Development Bank .I Hope that you
=A0will not expose or betray=A0=A0=A0this trust and confident that=A0=A0=A0=
i am about to Repose on you for the mutual benefit=A0=A0of our both familie=
s.
=A0=20
=A0I need your urgent assistance in transferring the=A0=A0sum of $15.6 mill=
ion Immediately=A0=A0=A0to your account. The money has been dormant for
=A0years in our Bank here without any=A0=A0=A0body coming for it.

I want to release the money to you as the nearest=A0=A0person to our deceas=
ed customer=A0=A0(the owner Of the account) who died a long with his=A0=A0s=
upposed next of kin in an air=A0=A0=A0Crash since July 2000.
=A0I don't want the money to go into our Bank treasury as an abandoned fund=
.
=A0
=A0So this is the reason why i contacted you, so that=A0=A0the bank can rel=
ease the money=A0=A0=A0to you as the nearest person to the deceased
=A0customer.
=A0
=A0Please i will like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete =
if you are=A0=A0=A0not interested.=20
=A0
=A0Upon receipt of your reply, I will send you full=A0=A0details on how the=
=20
=A0Business will be executed and also note that you=A0=A0will have 40% of t=
he Above=A0=A0=A0mentioned sum. Acknowledge receipt of this message
=A0in acceptance of my mutual=A0 business endeavour by furnishing me with t=
he=A0=A0following:
=A0
=A0Your Full Name...=20
Your Sex....
Your Age.....
Your Country.....
Marital Status.....
Your Occupation....
Your Personal Mobile Number......
Your Personal Fax Number..=20
=A0
=A0=A0
Bushare Mohammed=A0=A0=A0=20
=A0African Development Bank,
=A0Burkina Faso West Africa.=0A=0A=0A

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