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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)
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: abdul salaam <abdul_salaam5@hotmail.fr>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:15:49 +0100
Subject: UNGENT REPLY NEEDED



From Mr Abdul salaamAfrican Development BankOuagadougou, Burkina/FasoDear Friend,Pls i want you to read this letter very carefully and i must apologis for berging this message into your mail box without any formal introduction due to the urgent and confidential of this issue and i know that this message will come to you as a surprise, Pls this is not a joke and i will not like you to joke with it.I am Mr Abdul salaam the manager in African Development Bank (A.D.B) Ouagadougou, Burkina faso.I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust andconfident that i am about to extablish with you for the mutual benefit of our both families.I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($15.2)million into your account within 10 banking days. This money has been dormant for years in our Bank without claim due to the owner of this fund died along with his with his entire family and supposed next of kin in an air crash since July 2001.want the bank to release the money to you as the nearest person to our deceased customerwhile i come over to your country to share this fund with you as soon as you confirm this fund into your account and ask me to come over.I don't want the money to go into our Bank treasurer as an abandoned fund. So this is the reason why i contacted you so that the bank can releasethe money to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer. Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not interesting.Upon the receipt of your reply and call through my private line on +226 76 37 91 05 i will give you full details on how the business will be executed and also note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned sum if you agree to handle this business with me.Thanks with my best regards,Mr Abdul salaam
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