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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:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • alpha.compaore2003@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <alphacompore10@centrum.cz>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:46:11 +0100
Subject: More details informations



From The Audits & Accounting Department,
Bank of Africa (B .O. A)=20
Ouagadougou-Burkina Faso.=20
West Africa.
Tel: (+226-7890 0178)
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Attention: Dear Partner,=20
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I am Mr.=C2=A0Alpha=C2=A0Compaore The Manager Audit & Accounting Departme=
nt=C2=A0 in the Bank of Africa (BOA) Ouagadougou-Burkina Faso, West Afric=
a. I am writing to request your assistance to transfer the sum of $10.500=
, 000.00 USD (Ten-Million =C2=A0Five=C2=A0 Hundred Thousand United State =
Dollars) into your norminated bank account. The above sum belongs to our =
deceased customer who died along with his entire family in a Concorde pla=
ne crash and since then the fund has been dormant.=20
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After my further investigation, I discovered that our late customer died =
with his next of kin and according to the laws and constitution guiding t=
his banking institution stated that after the expiration of (5) Five year=
s, if no body or person comes for the claim as the next of kin, the fund =
will be channel into national treasury as unclaimed fund.=C2=A0 Because o=
f the static of this transaction I want you to stand as the next of kin s=
o that our bank will approve the fund in your name and transfer the fund =
into your nominated bank account.=20
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The total sum will be shared as follows: 60% for me, 40% for you and expe=
nses incidental occur during the transfer will be incure by both of us. T=
he transfer is 100% risk free on both sides hence you are going to follow=
my instruction till the fund will be transferred into your account. More=
details informations with the official bank application form will be for=
warded to you immediately you show your willingness and capability of han=
dling this transaction.=C2=A0
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Kindly Re-Confirm To Me=C2=A0Your Following Informations Below.
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1) Your Full Name......................
2) Your Sex..................................
3) Your Age...................................=20
4) Your Nationality.....................=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
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5) Your Occupation..........................=20
6) Your Home Address....................
7) Your Office Address..............................
8) Your Personal Mobile Number...............=20
9) Your Personal Fax Number.......................
10) A=C2=A0Copy Of Your International Passport=C2=A0or Driving License...=
....
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And also feel free to contact me or u can=C2=A0call me via=C2=A0my=C2=A0P=
rvate email address (alpha.compaore2003@yahoo.com)=C2=A0or=C2=A0 =C2=A0ph=
one number (+226-7890 0178 ) for more clarifications if you are really in=
terested in my proposal.=C2=A0=20
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My Regards to your Family,=20
=C2=A0=20
Mr.=C2=A0Alpha=C2=A0Compaore=20

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