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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 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.
  • janetsamba1@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: janetsamba1@yahoo.fr
Date: 30 Jan 2006 14:56:34 -0000
Subject: Reply To Your Ad at the Real Estate Classifieds Agents Brokers in Turkey

Your attn:

Greetings to you!

I am Mrs Janet Samba, an accountant of auditting and accounting section of Bank of Africa in Cote D'Ivoire.

With due respect and regard I wish to seek your urgent assistance to transfer the sum of (U.S.3 MILLION DOLLARS) THREE MILLION from the above mentioned bank. This money belongs to one of our customers,(Robert Rice ) who died in a plane crash with his wife and the fund has been lying dormant with the bank without any claim, either from his family or relation up to date. I am contacting you to act as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased. There is no risk in this transaction, as all loope holes have been taken care of, and all necessary informations as regards to this fund have been secured.

Please be notified that I am still working with the bank and it's only me and my colleague(boss) that are aware of this development thus treat this proposal as confidential and secret for our security. I have served the bank faithfully for good number of years and 'am presently preparing for my retirement therefore, hence I see this as a golden opportunity to be comfortable in life after retirement. As soon as this fund is secured into your account I will forward you an off-shore account where you will transfer our own share.We agreed sharing ratio to be as follows: 20% for you the account owner, 70% for me and my boss, while 10% will be set aside for expenses made during the transaction.
Here is the website of the plane crash that took the life of the account owner and his family:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml

Looking foward to hearing from you.

My regards,

Mrs. Samba.
NB/ Reply me through my private email address at janetsamba1@yahoo.fr

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