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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)
• 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.
  • emeka_mbonus@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DR EMEKA MBONU <creditbankburkinafaso@fsmail.net>
Reply-To: emeka_mbonus@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:52:22 +0200
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY


FROM: DR EMEKA MBONU
CREDIT & SUISSE BANK P.L.C BENIN
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO WEST AFRICA

Dear Friend,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise however,it's just my
urgent
need for a foreign partner that made me contact you for this
transaction.
I am a banker by profession from ouagadougou-Burkina faso in west
Africa and
currently holding the post of Foreign Remmittance Manager in our bank
Burkina Faso office .
I have the opportunity of transfering the left over funds $2.6 million
of
one of my bank deceased client Mr George Brumley, who died in the sharter =
plane which
crashed
on mount kenyan in the kenyan city of sumburu on 21st july,2003 to any
foreign account .
You can confirm the genuiness of the deceased death by clicking on this
website
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html
I want to take this money out from my bank to outside of my country for =
investment but i want a trusted one who has a fear of GOD who will not betray =
me after i might have transfer it to his account.
Hence,i
am inviting you for a business where this money will be transfer to and both =
of us will be happy after this bussinness. And i decide to give you 10% of =
this money after you recieved this money to your account and i will fly to =
your country for my own share for investing on Real Estate Bussinnes in your =
country.
If you agree to my business proposal.Eagerly waiting for your respons you =
can contact me through my email below and send me your contact information =
for more esplanation to you. information needed from you is just your phone =
number, fax number with your full adress.
Do contact me through my personal E-mail adress below.
DR EMEKA MBONU
Bank Manager : Credit & Suisse Bank P.L.C Burkina Faso
E-mail: emeka_mbonus@yahoo.com

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