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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:
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "my direct telephone number" (i.e. "call me on my cellphone at the Internet cafe where we scammers hang out")
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2215979134 (Senegal, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Buba Mantu <mrbuba1952@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:29:21 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: FROM Mr. Buba.


Dear Madras,

I received your email and the content is well noted. Well,Since days i had to receiving your respond i was on meeting with management of our bank. They had to discussion about these transaction noted because I use my position in our bank to influence the fund to be transfer through our correspondence bank in Spain. Well have being looking for someone who will assist me receive the fund from the correspondence bank in Spain but since you are back and ready for it i will give you the contact information of the Spain bank for you to contact them for the release and transferring of the fund to your bank account as the sole beneficiary next of kin as all modalities aspect has being taken good care of to guarantee hitchfree operation.

Be informed that your fund is no longer with the BANK OF AFRICA DAKAR SENEGAL as have already shift the fund to our correspondence bank in Spain for onward transferring of the fund to your bank account so for now there is no need of you contacting them again to avoid heavy tax that use to affect transfer in Africa because clearance certificate are being required to obtain.

Confirm your willingness once more again to enable me give you the contact information of the correspondence bank in Spain for you to contact them for release and transferring of the fund to your bank account.

Try to call me on this my direct telephone number for oral discussion towards this mutual cooperation which will boost our economic stand when accopmlished. +221 597 9134. I will forward those requested document to you to enable you contact the Spain bank for transferring of the fund to your bank account.

I am advise you to forward your full information so that oral Barr.J.F Hanyi drafting power of attorney through your name which i will forwarding it to our bank for oral management of our bank make the approvel the transfer.

Best regards,

Mr. Buba.



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