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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:
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • sallamusa@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "sallam musa" <sallamusa1@mymail.ro>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:20:21 +0300
Subject: FROM DR.SALLAM MUSA


FROM DR.SALLAM MUSA,
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT,
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ANNEX,
COTONOU-REPUBLIC OF BENIN,
WEST AFRICA.

Hello Dear,

With due respect and regard i am the bill and exchange manager in charge
of auditing and accounting section of AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ANNEX
COTONOU-REPUBLIC OF BENIN in west Africa.

During an investigation and auditing in this bank,i came across a very
huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died on Febuary 1st
2000 in a plane crash and the fund has been dormant in his account with
this Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his
family or relation before our discovery to this development.

Although personally,I keep this information secret within myself to enable
the whole plans and idea be Profitable and successful during the time of
execution.The said amount was us$18.5M USD (Eighteen million Five hundred
thousand united states dollars).

As a civil servant still in an active service we are prohibited to operate
a foreign account, therefore i am seeking for a foreign partner who can
assist in receiving this fund and at the same time advice me for a
lucrative business investment which he will be managing or on the other
hand,help me to oversee on my behalf pending when i will retire and
possible come over for our investment.

For this reason i am contacting you for such undertaken and if eventually
you are willing and ready for such business,i have agreed to give you 30%
of the total sum while i shall have 60% and the remaining 10% has been
mapped out for any expenses we might encounter during the process of the
transfer of the above fund.

Should you be interested, please contact me via my alternative email
address sallamusa@myway.com for further information and clarifications.

Best Regards,
Dr Sallam Musa.
00 229 9347 4308.

Anti-fraud resources:

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