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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)
  • "million 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)
  • "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.
  • issam1er@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: issa mohammed <issah21@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <issamh12@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:54:29 +0000
Subject: GOOD NEWS FROM ISSA MOHAMMED



FROM THE DESK OF ISSA MOHAMMEDBILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,BANK BICIA-BOUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.DEAR FRIEND, I AM THE MANAGER OF BILL AND EXCHANGE AT THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF BANK BICIA-B HERE IN OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO. IN MY DEPARTMENT WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM OF US$20M DOLLARS (TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS) IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMER WHO UNFORTUNATELY LOST HIS LIFE IN THE PLANE CRASH OF ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT 261 WHICH CRASHED ON JANUARY 31 2000.YOU SHALL READ MORE NEWS ABOUT THE CRASH ON VISITING THIS SITE WHICH I GOT DURING MY INVESTIGATION; http://www.cnn.com/2000/us/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ SINCE WE GOT 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 SOME BODY APPLIES FOR IT AS NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING GUIDELINES AND LAWS. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, HE DID NOT INDICATE TO THE BANK WHO HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION IS IN HIS CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT THEREBY LEAVING NOBODY BEHIND FOR THE CLAIM. IT IS THEREFORE UPON THIS DISCOVERY THAT I NOW DECIDED TO MAKE THIS BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU AND RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED FOR SAFETY AND SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR IT.UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR WILLINGNESS AND CANDID CO-OPERATION TO ASSIST WITH THE DISLODGEMENT OF THE SAID FUNDS, I WILL FURNISH YOU WITH MORE GUILDELINES ON HOW TO PROCEED. FOR MORE EXPLANATION KINDLY GET INTOUCH WITH ME ON THE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW<issam1er@yahoo.fr> MY DEAREST REGARDSISSA MOHAMMED
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