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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:
  • "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)
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • julius_gull2006@latinmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "julius gull" <julius_gull83@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: julius_gull2006@latinmail.com
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:51:00 +0000
Subject: Your Response Needed ASAP

FROM THE DESK OF MR.Julius Gull
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER ,
BANK OF AFRICAN B.O.A
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.

Dear Friend,

I am the manager of auditing and accounting at the foreign remittance
department of BANK OF AFRICAN) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my
department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$25m dollars (TWENTY FIVE
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in an account that belongs to one of our for
eign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who died along
with his entire family in Jully 2000 in a plane crash. Since we got
information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come
over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless some body
applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in
our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his
supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash
leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed bill.The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such
money remained unclaimed after five years, the money will be transfered into
the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin
in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a
foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.

I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision
of a foriegn account ,10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the
businessand 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country for
disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the
immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged,you must apply first to the
bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased with a text of application
that i will send to you,so i will like you to send to me your private
telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location
where in the money will be remitted.Upon receipt of your reply, I will send
to you by fax or email the text of the application.

I will not fail to bring to your notice this transaction is hitch-free and
that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements
have been made for the transfer. You should contact me immediately as soon
as you receive this letter writing me to my private email
address:julius_gull2006@latinmail.com

Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Yours Faithfully,

1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number and Fax Number
3. Your Contact Address.

Mr.Julius Gull

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