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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)
  • "foreign remittance manager" (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)
  • "is 100% risk-free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: ibrahim badoua <ibrahimi08@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <ibrahim3000b1@myway.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:40:31 +0200
Subject: WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU.



FROM THE DESK OF MR.IBRAHIM BADOUA, BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA)
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA-FASO.

Dear Partner, (TOP SECRET)
Permit me to use this medium,to first introduce myself to you before getting you acquinted with the transaction for which I am contacting you.My name is Mr.Ibrahim Badoua,i am the Bill and Exchange Manager at Bank of africa, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of FOURTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRETHOUSAND US DOLLARS (US$14.5M) that belongs to one of our customer who died along with his entire famillies,on 25TH JULY,2000 CONCORDE PLANE CRASH[Flight AF4590 ] with the whole passengers aboard.The name of the deceased man was (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich,Germany.

Since I got information about his death, I have been expecting his next of Kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as the next of kin or relation to the deceased,as Indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his Supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him in the plane crash Leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business Proposals to you and release the money to you a next of kin or relation to the deceased person for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is Coming for it because I don't want the money to go into the bank treasury as Unclaimed Bill.The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such Money remains unclaimed after seven years; the money will be transferred into The bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request of foreigner in this transaction is necessary because our late Customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a Foreigner.I have agreed that 35% of this money will be for you as foreigner Partner in respect to the provision of a foreign account.5% will be set Aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% wouldbe for me,After which I shall visit your country for disbursement according to the Percentages indicated.

Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as we arranged,you will furnished me with a good receiving account detail where the money will be transferred, your private telephone and fax number for easy Communication.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail a text = of the application which you shall re-type and fax to our foreign remittance manager, for easy execution of the transaction.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is 100% risk-free on both side. As all required arrangement have been made for the Transfer.Please I would like, you to keep this transaction confidential and as a top Secret as you may wish to know that I am a Bank official.

N.B.In orther to proceed and beleive me honestly over this transaction, i would like you to try and go through this (wedsite) below and come back to me as soon as you are through with it so that we should proceed the effect of this transaction.(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm).Please i needed your urgent response over this transaction.

Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Ibrahim Badoua.
Manager
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