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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.
• 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.
  • wwwtundeali@aol.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "African Development Bank"<info@afridevelopmentbank.com>
Reply-To: <wwwtundeali@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:39:51 -0700
Subject: Re: Official notification.

Attention Beneficiary,

This is an official notification of funds deposited in your name by a late customer of our bank .We arrange for safe keeping of special and valuable packages and baggages in trust for reputable clients.

A benefactor whose identity can not be disclosed because of the Non Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement that was signed with the said benefactor when the funds were being deposited, made you the beneficiary of some amount of money.

The Non Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement signed with the benefactor mandates us to fully divulge and disclose the benefactor's identity 18 months after you, the beneficiary, has received the funds.

We confirm that these funds are fully free of any liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and non-criminal origin and are available for payment to you.

You are hereby advised to reconfirm your Full Contact Information for verification with information contained in our database in the format stated below.

After verifying the details with the information we have in our database,you will be contacted to personally claim the funds in our bank where it's being kept with the Deposit P.I.N that will empower you to do so.

This Deposit (P.I.N) is what is needed to claim the funds and will only be sent to you after all your information has been verified and confirmed to be true. Information should therefore be sent in the manner stated below so as to ensure that no mistake is made.

Your Full Name: .................
Your Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip
Code) .......................
Date of Birth (Day/Month/Year):.................
Tel./ Fax Nos. .......................................
Direct Telephone/Mobile Number..................
Your Occupation:.....................

Yours Sincerely,

Mr.Tunde Ali

African Development Bank
tundeali@afridevelopmentbank.com
wwwtundeali@aol.com

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