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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.
• 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.
  • basilbayo1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "basil bayo" <basil_bayo101@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: basilbayo1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:38:06 +0000
Subject: CAN WE TRUST YOU?



BASIL AND SERAH BAYO.
RUE 22X33 MEDINA.
DAKAR SENEGAL.
basilbayo1@yahoo.co.uk

PLEASE WE NEED YOUR HELPFUL SUGGESTION

ATTENTION PLEASE;

Good day, My name is Basil Bayo 24yrs and my younger sister Serah Bayo 21yrs we are originaterd from TOGO basically we are living here in Senegal Dakar due to crisis in my country may we wish to know if we can entrust in you in helping us to receive the $5.5mUSD (Five Million Five hundres united states dollars) our parents had with a Financial Security in Europe before their untimely death by the assasins.

Our Father DR Felix Bayo was a known politician and was assasinated alongside with my mother Rebbeca Bayo on a good sunday morning on their way to the church.
If it is your wish to help us receive our money and keep it safe in an account, I and Serah will start applying for our transcript in the school so that we can come over and conclude our Education.
Dear if this is possible for you.
Can you assure us of the under listed, when you receive this money as our Beneficiary, so as to enable us further our Education in your country.
1,Securing a 2 rooms apartment for Serah, and I, which we shall pay for.
2,Helping us investing on a profitable business and as well guiding the affairs as the director.
3,Finally, helping us for a better school with our results to further our Education because right now I am a finalist of Business Management while Favour herself is studying Pharmacy in the University aswell.
Thanks in hoping for your helpful suggestion & your kind response.
Please get back to us as soon as posible God bless you and your family
Yours Sincerely.

Basil and Serah

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