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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • ahmed_akin2005@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ahmed akin <ahmed_akin2005@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ahmed_akin2002@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:01:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT RESPOND NEEDED


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: ahmed_akin2005@yahoo.com



- FROM THE DESK OF MR AHMED AKIN The Head Of File And Auditing Department, African Development Bank (A.D.B). Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso( West Africa). REMITTANCE OF US$11,300,000.00 CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE. This message might meet you in utmost surprise, however, it's just my Urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction. I am 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 transferring the left over Funds ($11.3 million) of one of my bank clients who died Along with his entire family on (Monday 31st July 2000) in a plane crash. Hence, i am inviting you for a business deal where This money can be shared between us in the ratio of 50/40 while 10% Will be mapped out for expenses. I will like to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free, WHILE Further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as I Receive your return mail. Meanwhile the World Bank Group has mandated the AFRICA DEVELOPMENT BANK BURKINA FASO to release this unclaimed fund immediately the nex of kin is discovered with due application. This payment will be effected through Swift Telegraphic Transfer incunjunction with the sopport of the world bank. Your Urgent response is needed for immidiate transfer of this fund to you. (FILL THIS FORM BELLOW PLEASE AND RESEND IT TO ME). 1) Your Full Name.............................2) YourAge.......................................3) Marital Status.................................4) Your Cell Phone Number…………..5) Your Country………………..............6) Your Occupation.............................7)YOUR SEX....................................8) Your Religion.................................

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