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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)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was 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.
  • amofadima1@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Fadima=20Amodou?= <amofadima1@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: amodouoffice1@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 14:23:40 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Let's work together


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : amofadima1@yahoo.fr

FROM THE DESK OF FADIMA AMODOU

ECO BOND TRUST PLC

20 RUE DE COMMERCE

LOME - TOGO.



Dear Friend,



My name is Fadima Amodou. I am the manager (International Banking & Investment Sector) of ECO BOND TRUST PLC, Lome Togo. All I have that may be of interest to you is a business proposal that will benefit you. I work in International Banking & Investment Sector, I am the Assistant Manager of this sector and one of my biggest customers was Engr. Theophilous Baker. A foreigner, now deceased with no next of kin in the account and no traceable relative.



He has a fixed time deposit account of USD4.2 million. With my bank, which has matured since and remains unclaimed till now. The bank has spent great amounts of money trying to track this man's family; they have investigated for months and have found no family. The investigation has come to an end I will inform you more on how to get the account transferred to you on your reply and I will give you all my personal details upon your response to this honest proposal. Contact me immediately upon receipt of this letter if you are interested. I ask that if you find no interest in this project, you should discard this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you.



Please do not destroy my career because you do not approve of my proposal.



Best Regards,

Fadima Amodou





- Fadima Amodou

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