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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "ibrahim mohamed" <ibrahim_mohamed87@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibrahim_mohamed03@myway.com
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:04:07 +0000
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPOND HIGHLY NEEDED

FROM THE DESK OF DR.IBRAHIM MOHAMED,
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.
BANK WEBSITE:www.bkofafrica.net

I am the manager of auditing and accounting department of BANK OF AFRICA
(B.O.A) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my department we discovered an
abandoned sum of US$10.5m dollars (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand US
dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died
along with his entire
family.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of
kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless
some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we learnt that
all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the
plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this
discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you,so that
the money can be release to you as the next of kin or relation to the
deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody will come for
it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed
dormant fund.

The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after seven years, the money will be transfered into the bank
treasury as unclaimed dormant fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin
in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a
foreigner and a Burkinabe like me can not stand as next of kin to a
foreigner.
I agreed that 40% of this money will be for you as a respect to the
provision of a foriegn account,and 60% would be for me.Thereafter, I will
visit your
country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated. Meanwhile to
enable the immediate transfer of this fund to your arranged account,you must
apply
first to the bank as relation or next of kin to the deceased customer with a
text of application that i will send to you,but before i send to you the
text of application form,I will like you to send me the following
informations.
1. NAME IN FULL:................................
2. ADDRESS:.......................................
3. NATIONALITY:...................................
4. AGE:.............................................
5. Sex..............................................
6. OCCUPATION:......................................
7. MARITAL STATUS:..................................
8. PRIAVTE PHONE NO............................................
9. PRIVATE FAX NO:.............................................
so i will like you to send to me those informations for easy and effective
communication,also location where the money will be remitted.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of
the application form.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free
and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required
arrangements have been made for the transfer. You should contact me
immediately as soon as you receive this letter,if only you are intrested and
ready to help.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully,
DR.IBRAHIM MOHAMED
MANAGER AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
BANK OF AFRICA

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