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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:
  • "contact me immediately" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: maha saliou60 <maha_saliou70@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <maha_saliou0@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:46:37 +0000
Subject: TOP SECRET!



TOP SECRET!I know this may come as surprise and sceptic to you.I am one of the officials in the Energy management board, in Burkina Faso.We had a contract with Denmark through the Burkina Faso Danish Cooperation, which was signed on the 4th of march, 2005 on the Electrification of the Urban centres, offices and rural dwellers.The project has been executed, you can check on the website. www.SONABEL.BF.But, the main issue of contacting you is to intimate you that during the award of this contract, a few of my colleagues and l, had inflated the amount of this contract and the OVER- INVOICED is being safeguarded under our custody.However, we have decided to transfer this sum of money, $35.5million USA Dollars out of this Country for disbursement.Hence, we seek for a reliable, honest and not greedy foreign partner whom we shall use his or her account to transferring the fund.And we agreed that the account owner shall benefit 30% of the total amount of money, 65% is for us here, and 5% will be used for miscellaneous expenses during the transfer.If you are capable to handle the transaction without hitches and flaws, then we have confidence in the deal, and a risk free transfer from our side.Please, make it TOP SECRET and avoid every channel of implicating us here thereby endanger our career.Therefore, if you will not be able to handle it, please hold on your peace for our sake we are public servants.I pray to God for his providence for a smooth transfer, so that our retiring soon or later will be a better and blissful retirement life, as such we are very cautious towards actualising this noble venture. It can also be a once in life opportunity for you, because l know that we going to see face toface, preferably come down to Burkina Faso and verify on my claim on the said amount of money in the bank.Besides, to discuss business and investment in your country at large, and thereafter sit together to decide on the means of transferring If this picks your interest, please do contact me immediately through this email address for more details and for easier communication.Best regards,Mr.Maha Saliou.
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