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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • karim_zongo@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "karim zongo" <karimzongo7@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: karim_zongo@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:48:17 +0000
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF: MR KARIM ZONGO

FROM THE DESK OF:
MR KARIM ZONGO
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO,
WEST AFRICA


Dear Friend,
(PRIVATE/CONFIDENTIAL).

I am MR KARIM ZONGO the Director in charge of Auditing section
Bank OF AFRICA(BOA)Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso in West Africa.
AS IT MAY INTERESTYOU TO KNOW, I GOT YOUR IMPRESSIVE INFORMATION THROUGH THE
INTERNET SEARCHHERE IN OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO.

I have decided to contact you on a project that will be very beneficial
toboth of us.During our auditing in this Bank,I came across some amount of
money belonging to a deceased foreigner Mr.Chen Huang head of the bank's
Department of Foreign Exchange who died with four others finance officials
on February 16,1998 in a plane crash.
The fundhas been dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of
the fundin our custody from hisrelation before my discovery to this
development.
He was head of the bank's Department of Foreign Exchange.The said amount is
U.S$1.5, 000.00 dollars(ONE Million, Five Hundred Thousand
USDollars).deceased fellow. Their death occured as a result of plane clash.

Please View this
website:http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/
FOR YOUR INFORMATION BEEN YOU NOT A TAIWANESE WILL NOT POSE ANY PROBLEM
FORTHE SUCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. All the whole
arrangement to put claim over this fund as the Bonafide next of kin to the
deceased has been put in place and directives will be relayed to you as soon
as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist me and also
benefityour self to this great business opportunity.

In this country as a civil servant(A Banker),we are not allowed to operate
aforeign account. This is the actual reason why itwill require a second
partyor fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin to the Bank and
alsopresent a foreign account where he will need the money to be
re-transferredinto on his request.

Our Banking law stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after ten
years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed
fund.The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is
occasionedby the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe
cannot standas next of kin. I dont want this money to go into the Bank
treasury asunclaimed Bill. Be assured this transaction is 100% risk free.

On conclusion of this Project, you will be entitled to 35% of the total
sumas gratification,while 60% will be for me. AND the rest of the 5% will be
for
any expenses that we may inccur during this transaction. Please you have
been adviced to
keep "top secret

I will fly down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according
to percentagespreviously indicatedand further investment will be discussed.
On your acceptance to be mypartner, please email for a brief discussion
before we proceed. Please keep
this proposal secret, even if you are not interested.

looking forword to receive your urgent reply.You can reply me through this
email karim_zongo@yahoo.fr

URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED.

Yours faithfully,

MR KARIM ZONGO

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