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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)
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will give you 35% " (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)
  • "is 100% risk-free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • bambaissaka@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "bamba issaka" <baissaka@latinmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 16:30:54 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: MR BAMBA ISSAKA( BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER


DEAR FRIEND,

(I AM MR BAMBA ISSAKA, FROM OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO) I KNOW THAT THIS LETTER MAY COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE. I GOT YOUR ADDRESS THROUGH BURKINA FASO CHAMBERS AND COMMERCE. I MUST APOLOGISE FOR TAKING SOME OF YOUR VALUABLE TIME TO EXPLAIN A PROPOSAL, THAT I BELIEVE WILL BE OF UTMOST BENEFIT TO US. I NEED YOUR HELP AND URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERRING THE SUM OF $25,600 000.00 USD (TWENTY-FIVE MILLION, SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS)TO YOUR ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY, THE FUND BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMER WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN IN A WAR ZONE LIBERIA ON 15/6/2001.

OUR BANK BANKING LAW AND GUIDELINE STIPULATED THAT IF SUCH MONEY REMAINS UNCLAIMED FUND AFTER FIVE YEARS THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED INTO THE BANK TREASURER AS UNCLAIMED FUND. THE REQUEST OF A FOREIGNER TO BE NEXT OF KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE DECEASED CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER AND A BURKINABE CANNOT STAND AS NEXT OF KIN TO MAKE THIS TYPE OF CLAIM.

THE FIVE YEARS WILL COMPLETE BY ENDING OF THIS YEAR, THAT IS WHY I WORKING IN THE DEPARTMENT WANT TO RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEAREST PERSON TO THE DECEASED FOR SAFETY AND SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR THE CLAIM BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE FUND TO GO INTO OUR BANK TREASURER AS UNCLAIMED MONEY. I WILL GIVE YOU 35% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR THE PROVISION OF FOREIGN ACCOUNT AND 65%WILL BE FOR ME WHILE 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR ANY MISLENIOUS EXPENSES INCURRED DURING THE BUSINESS.

THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK-FREE ON BOTH SIDE AND HAS NO ATOM OF NEGATIVITY, FOR I HAVE MADE ALL REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT. PLEASE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KEEP THIS TRANSACTION VERY CONFIDENTIAL AS YOU MAY WISH TO KNOW THAT I AM A BANK OFFICIAL.

I WILL SEND YOU MORE DETAILS AS SOON AS I GET A POSITIVE REPLY FROM YOU

YOU CAN CONTACT ME WITH THIS VIA ( bambaissaka@yahoo.co.uk )
I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU.

MR BAMBA ISSAKA( BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER

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