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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)
• 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.
  • smerizar2007@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: samer izar <samerizar50@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <samerizar2007@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 15:29:13 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY



FROM THE DESK OF,MR SAMER IZAR.DIRECTOR AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,BANK OF AFRICA.(BOA)OUAGADOUGOU -BURKINA FASO,

Priveteemail(smerizar2007@yahoo.fr)
Dear Friend, REPLY URGENT PLEASEThis message might meet you in utmost surprise, however,it's just my urgentneed for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction.I am a banker by profession from Burkina faso in west Africa and currentlyholding the post of Director Auditing and Accounting unit of the bank.Ihave the opportunity of transfering the left over funds ($7.5 million) ofone of my bankclients who died along with his entire family on 31 july 2000 in a planecrash.You can confirm the genuiness of the deceased death by clicking onthis web site
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stmHence,i am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be sharedbetween us in the ratio of 60/30 while 10% will be mapped out forexpenses.If you agree to my business proposal.further details of thetransfer will be forwarded to youas soon as i receive your return mail.have a great day.
Your Faithfully Mr Samer Izar
NB, MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THIS TRANSACTION AS YOUR TOP SECRECT AND MAKE ITCONFIDENTIAL TILL WE RECEIVES THE FUND INTO THE ACCOUNT THAT YOU WILLPROVIDE TO THE BANK. DONT DISCLOSE IT TO ANY BODY "PLEASE", BECAUSE THESECRECY OF THIS TRANSACTION IS AS WELL AS THE SUCCESS OF IT
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