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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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: ali sidu <ali_sidu179@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <ali_sidu147@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:09:22 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY FRIEND



FROM:DR .ALI SIDU.BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT,BANK OF AFRICA(B.O.A)OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA-FASO. Dear friend,I know that this letter may come to you as a suprise. I got your contactaddress from the Internet when I was searching for a business partner.My name is DR .ALI SIDU. I am the Bill and Exchange Manager in bank ofafrica (B.O.A) ,Ouagadouguo Burkina Faso.In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of USD$25. Million (TWENTYFIVE MILLION U.S DOLLARS). In an account that belongsto one of our foreign customer who died along with his wife and children ina plane crash in the year 2000 plane crash that happened in america .Since we got information about his death, the bank have been expecting hisnext of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot elease itunless somebody applies for it as the next of kin or relation to thedeceased, as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learntthat all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him in theplane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this businessproposals to you and release the money to you as next of kin or relation tothe deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it because I don't want the money to go into the bank treasury asunclaimed Bill.The request of foreigner in this transaction is necessary because our latecustomer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to aforeigner. I have agreed that 30% of this money will be for you as foreignerpartner in respect to the provision of a foreign account.10% will be setaside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me, afterwhich I shall visit your country for disbursement according to thepercentages indicated.Trusting to hear from you immediately.Yours Sincerely,DR .ALI SIDU,
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