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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LOME-TOGO BRANCH-WEST/AFRICA LEGAL CLAIMS AND FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT SESSION" <adbclaims_legal_department@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:18:53 +0000
Subject: APPLY FULLY.

                                          AFRICAN  DEVELOPMENT BANK
                                       BOULEVARD 13 JANVIER NYKPOE
                                                 LOME-TOGO BRANCH 
                                                     WEST-AFRICA

 

 

 

From the office of foreign operation                                          02/10/2006
Mr Ken.Ajovi
Tel:00228-920-86-81
Tel:000228-9903570
Fax:00228-221-81-25
MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "gawab.com" claiming to be www.afdb.org

 

 Attn: Ms Gilberta Muelllich,

 

                                             APPLY   FULLY
*************************************************************

On behalf of the board management and the foreign remittance department of this bank ADB(African Development Bank)Lome-Togo Branch.

 

Note that the foreign remittance department are in the receipt of your mail sent to this bank but we are sorry that we cannot understood fully what you want this outfit to do for you.

 

Therefore,we advice you apply fully to enligthen us how or what we can do to help you.

 

Thanks and Goodluck.

 

Yours Faithfully,

Mr.Ken.Ajovi.

Foreign Remittance Department.

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