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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million 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)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: uwam ahmed <uwam_ahmed20@hotmail.fr>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 23:47:35 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED



FROM, THE DESK OF MR UWAM AHMED,BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER, IN FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT (BOA) BANK OF AFRICA,OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO.

Dear Friend,
How are you doing with your family? Hope fine, Please pay attention and understand my reason of contacting you today through this email, My name is uwam ahmed Bill and Exchange Manager in Bank Of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina-Fafo. In my department, during the Auditing of the year 2006, I discovered an abounded sum of $15M that belongs to our Late Mr. Morris Thompson, an American prominent man who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed on January 31st 2000. You may read more about the crash on visiting this C.N.N News internet website below.

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
I desperately need your assistance to secure and move this huge sums of money left behind by my late client to the tune of $15,000.000.00, (Fifteen Million United States Dollars) out from Bank Of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina Faso to your own account, he executed contract through Department of Work and Housing here in Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso and the mentioned money above is his money left in our bank before his death. Meanwhile, for your smoothness of this transaction, I will pay you 30% of the total sum for your co-operation in this matter. If you know that you are interested and capable to handle this business transaction, come up with the information's showed below:-

1. Your Full Name: 2. Your Contact Cell Phone Number: 3. Your Age: 4. Your Sex: 5. Your Occupations: 6. Your Country and City:

As soon as possible all these information's is submitted to me, I will immediately draft an application form with all your information's and send back to you, so that you will proceed with the transaction by sending the form to BOA bank for the transferring of this fund into your account.

YoursFaithfully,Mr.UWAM AHMED
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