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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:
  • "utmost confidentiality" (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.
  • wi.hypolite@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: wambi <wmb.hypolite900@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wi.hypolite@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:44:51 +0000
Subject: IF YOU ARE INTRESTED


*Dear Sir/ Madam*


* *

* Compliments of the day, with due respect, trust, and humanity, **I'm
Mr.Wambi Hypolite a native of **Burkina Faso** in West African region. I am
a senior member of a reputable bank here in Burkina Faso .*

* *

* * * I'm writing to you in order to propose a business transaction which I
believe will be of a great interest to both of us. I found your contact
while I was doing a private research on the Internet after my fasting &
prayers to get a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist the
project of transferring a certain fund into his or her companies or private
bank account.*

* *

* **This fund belong to a foreign customer of the bank I work with, and no
one else knows about this account except me. I will need your full
co-operation to make this transaction manifest because the management of the
bank is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct
information of this account. I will give to you all the information
concerning this fund and the late account holder in order to pull this fund
into your bank account for both of us.*

* *

* **Having said, all that is required now is your complete trust and
honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. At the end of
this transaction, you will have 30% of the total amount while 60% will be
for me and 10% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during
the process of transferring.*

* *

* **Observe the utmost CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY in this transaction,
and be rest assured that this transaction will be most profitable for both
of us. **Contact me through this email address:
**wi.hypolite@yahoo.fr*<http://us.mc451.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=wi.hypolite@yahoo.fr>
* *

* ** I wish you a pleasant day as I hope to read from you soon.*

* *

*Yours Sincerely,*

*Mr.Wambi Hypolite *

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