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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:
  • "transferred into your bank account" (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)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "contract award committee" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
  • basaka1@mail.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "basaka43@terra.es" <basaka43@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:28:21 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: FROM: DESK OF DR. AJAA BASAKA IBRU, THE CHAIRMAN AWARD OIL
COMMITTEE.



FROM: DESK OF DR. AJAA BASAKA IBRU, THE CHAIRMAN AWARD OIL COMMITTEE.

ATTENTION DEAR,

MY NAME IS DR. AJAA BASAKA IBRU, THE CHAIRMAN OF CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE TOGO NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORACTION.(TNPC)REPUBLIC OF TOGO. SOMETIMES LAST YEAR, OUR REFINERY WAS GENERALLY SERVICED AND MANY OTHER CONTRACTS WHERE ALSO AWARDED IN THE OIL SECTOR AFTER AN OUT BREAK OF FIRE. THERE WAS ASSISTANCE FROM WORLD BANK, I.M.F. AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DAMAGED EQUIPMENT AND THE REFINERY AS A WHOLE.

DURING THIS PERIOD, A LOT OF CONTRACT WERE AWARDED TO MANY INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTORS. ALL THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTORS HAS JUST RECEIVED THEIR FINAL PHASE OF THEIR PAYMENT LEAVING BEHIND A TOTAL SUM OF $45 MILLION U.S DOLLARS FLOATING IN THE FILES OF FEDERALMINISTRY OF FINANCE UNCLAIMED. THIS IS AS A RESULT OF THE OVER INVOICING WE DID DURING THE AWARD OF THE CONTRACT.

THIS CONTRACT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED OKAY THIS SUM OF $45 MILLION (FORTY FIVE MILLION U.S DOLLARS) I WILL LIKE TO TRANSFER TO YOUR ACCOUNT NOW, WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TO PROVIDE ME SOME OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AS FOLLOWS:
1) YOUR FULL NAMES,
2) YOUR FULL ADDRESS
3) YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND MOBILE NUMBERS.
4) YOUR AGE AND OCCUPATION. ETC.

BUT I NEEDED YOUR ASSURANCE OF HONEST CORPORATION BEFORE WE PROCEED IN THIS TRANSACTION BECAUSE ONE MR. PATRICE MILLER OF WEST 54 STR. CALIFORNIA USA RUN AWAY WITH OUR MONEY IN 2003 WHEN WE PRESENTED HIM AS A CERTIFIED CONTRACTOR AND USE HIS BANK ACCOUNT TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF 23 MILLION U.S DOLLARS FROM TOGO. WE ARE VERY SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT NO BODY WAS LIVING IN THAT ADDRESS WHEN WE GOT TO AMERICA TO COLLECT OUR SHARE OF THE PROCEEDS AFTER THE TRANSACTION.

SO WE NEEDED YOUR HONEST CORPORATION TO AVOID A REPETITION OF WHAT HAPPENS IN 2003. AS THE CONTRACT AWARD CHAIRMAN, I WILL USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOVE TO PROCESS ALL VITAL DOCUMENTS IN YOUR NAME AS A SUB CONTRACTOR WHO HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED HIS CONTRACT JOB WITH THE TOGO GOVERNMENT SO THAT THE MONEY WILL BETRANSFERED IMMEDIATELY INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WITHOUT ANY RISK OR DANGERS INVOLVED. SO FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENTAND ASSISTANCE IN THIS TRANSACTION, I WILL OFFER YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL MONEY, 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR SETTLING ALL LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPENCESS DURING THIS TRANSACTION WHILE 60% WILL BE FOR ME AND MY GROUP WHICH WE WILL USE FOR INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY.

MORESO, I WILL COME OVER TO MEET WITH YOU A DAY OR TWO BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT TO TAKE CARE OF MY SHARE AFTER YOU HAVE TAKING YOUR OWN COMMISSION OF 30%. IF YOU WILL BE OF ASSISTANCE TO ME TO HAVE THIS MONEY TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, WRITE ME BACK IMMEDIATELY OR YOU CALL ME ON PHONE TO FEED YOU WITH INFORMATIONS AND MODALITIES FOR THIS TRANSACTION. NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS SMOOTH AND SECURED AS ALL ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN FINALISED.

I AWAIT FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY.( basaka1@mail.ru )

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

DR. AJAA BASAKA IBRU .





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