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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)
  • "million united state dollars" (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)
  • "million us dollars" (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)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • kam_ibr@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ibrahim kamal <kam_ibr014@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: kam_ibr@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:57:46 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM MR IBRAHIM KAMAL


FROM MR IBRAHIM KAMAL..
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
BANK OF AFRICA(BOA)
ABDIJAN COTE D°IVOIRE. CONFIDENCIAL

DEAR FRIEND,
I AM THE MANAGER OF BILL AND EXCHANGE AT THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE
DEPARTMENT
OF BANK OF AFRICA(B.O.A) HERE IN ABDIJAN,COTE D°IVOIRE. IN MY
DEPARTMENT
WE DISCOVERD AN ABANDONED SUM OF$25 MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS(TWENTY
FIVE
MILLION US DOLLARS IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGE TO ONE OF OUR FORIEGN
CUSTOMER(MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER FROM MUNICH, GERMANY) WHO DIED ALONG
WITH HIS
ENTIRE FAMILY IN JULY 2000 IN A PLANE

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

SINCE WE GOT THE INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH, WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING
HIS
NEXT OF KIN TO COME OVER AND CLAIM HIS MONEY BECAUSE WE CANNOT RELEASE
IT,UNLESS SOMEBODY APPPLIES FOR THE NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE
DECEASED
AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING GUIDLING AND LAW BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE
LEARNT
THAT HIS NEXT OF KIN DIED ALONG WITH HIM IN THE PLANE CRASH.

THE BANKER GUIDLINE HERE A RESPONSABLE PERSON, AND WHO THE BANK CAN
INTROSSTED THIS TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUND.THE RESQUEST OF FORIEGNER AS
NEXT
OF KIN IN HIS BUSINESS IS OCCASSIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS

A FOREIGNER AND A AIVORAN CANNOT STAND AS NEXT OF KIN TO A FOREIGNER.

I AGREE THAT 30% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A RESPECT TO THE
PROVISION
OF A FOREIGN ACCOUNT,10% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR ANY EXPENSES INCURRED
DURING
THE BUSINESS AND 60% WOULD BE FOR ME, THEREAFTER, I WILL VISIT YOUR
COUNTRY
FOR DISBURSEMENT ACCORDING


TO THE PERCENTAGE INDICATED THEREFORE, TO ENABLE THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER
OF
THIS FUND TO YOU AS ARRANGED, YOU MUST APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS
RELATION
OR NEXT OF KIN OF THE DECEASED INDICATING YOUR BANK NAME, YOUR BANK
ACCOUNT
NUMBER, YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND YOUR FAX NUMBER FOR EASY AND
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHERE IN THE MONEY WILL BE
REMITTED.

UPON RECEPIT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL SEND TO YOU BY FAX OR EMAIL THE TEXT
OF
APPLICATION.I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THIS TRANSACTION IS

HITCH-FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY ATOM OF FEAR AS ALL
REQUIRD
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THE TRANSFER. YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME
IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS LETTER.

Reply me through my email id (kam_ibr@yahoo.fr)

TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU IMMEDIATELY.
YOUR's FAITHFULLY,
FROM MR IBRAHIM KAMAL



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