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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:
  • "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +2215251855 (Senegal, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • dncolins@mixmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. DONALD COLLINS" <dnaldcolinss@katamail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dncolins@mixmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:42:43 +0000
Subject: Urgent response

MR. DONALD COLLINS
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP
DAKAR SENEGAL
FOR YOUR ATTENTION ONLY
I AM MR.DONALD COLLINS, A SOUTH AFRICAN WORKING WITH SENEGAL BRANCH
OF CREDIT MUTUEL DU SENEGAL AS THE MANAGER. I HUMBLY WISH TO SEEK
YOUR ASSISTANCE IN A MATTER THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME WHICH REQUIRES
UTMOST URGENCY AND CONFIDENTIALITY.
I WANT TO START INVESTMENT WITH THE SUM OF TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA DOLLARS IN YOUR CONUTRY OR ANY
OTHER COUNTRY WITH GOOD ECONOMIC STABILITY AND POLITICAL CLIMATE YOU MAY
RECOMEND. I SHALL BE INTERESTED IN REAL ESTATES, HOTEL BUSINESS, STOCKS
& BONDS OR ANY OTHER BUSINESS YOU MIGHT RECOMEND.
THIS MONEY EMANATE AFTER MY BANK WAS BURNT DOWN FEW WEEKS AGO. A LOT OF
LOSES WERE INCURED BOTH IN CASH AND DOCUMENTATIONS. BEFORE THE FIRE
INCIDENCE, WE HAD IN CASH A FOREIGN EXCHANGE TO THE TUNE OF TWENTY MILLION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DOLLARS. AFTER THE FIRE INCIDENT, THE BOARD OF
THE BANK SUMORNED ME TO ACCOUNT FOR DAMAGES. I DECLARED THAT THE
FOREIGN
EXCHANGE WAS COMPLETEY BURNT. BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT THE MONEY IS SAFE
IN MY PERSONAL CUSTODY.
FOR OBVIOUS REASONS I CANNOT POSSIBLY PLACE THIS FUND WITH ESTABLISHED
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND THIS REQUIRES ME TO
URGENTLY LOOK FOR A RELIABLE FOREIGNER TO HELP MOVE THIS FUND OUT OF
HERE, INVEST/MANAGE IT FOR ME FOR SOME TIME BEFORE I FINALLY RESIGN
FROM MY OFFICE. IT IS ALSO MY WISH THAT THIS DEAL BE HANDLED AS QUIETLY
AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT ANY LEAKAGE TO THE PRESS. IF YOU AGREE TO ACT AS A
FUND MANAGER FOR ME, THEN I WILL RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU IF YOU MEET
MY REQUIREMENTS.
UPON A FAVORABLE RESPONSE FROM YOU I SHALL LET YOU KNOW HOW TO RECEIVE
THE FUND. AFTER SUCCESSFUL DEAL,YOUR COMMISSION SHALL BE THIRTY
PERCENT OF THE TOTAL SUM WHICH IS SIX MILLION USD FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE
IN SAFELY MOVING THE MONEY OFFSHORES OF SENEGAL. SIXTY FIVE PERCENT FOR ME
AND FIVE PERCENT SHALL BE USED TO RE-INBURSE EXPENSES YOU AND I MIGHT
INCURE DURING THE TRANSACTION.
YOU SHALL BE ENTITTLED FOR AN ANNUAL FOURTY PERCENT OF THE AFTER TAX
RETURNS FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF MANAGING MY SHARE OF THE DEAL IN
GOOD BUSINESS. THEREAFTER THE TERMS SHALL BE REVIEWED.
IF YOU ARE WILLING TO DO THIS PLEASE INDICATE YOUR INTEREST VIA MY
EMAIL SPECIFED dncolins@mixmail.com FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR CALL ME IMMEDIATELY ON +2215251855.
BEST REGARDS,
MR. DONALD COLLINS

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