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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:
  • ",500,000" (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" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Federick Tedou <freder_ted02@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: freder_ted@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 12:10:19 +0100 (CET)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?q?Hello=20,=20am=20waiting=20of=20your=20reply=20//=20Allo?=
=?iso-8859-1?q?=20,=20votre=20r=E9ponse=20est=20attendue=20(URGENT)?=


HELLO,

I am FEDERICK TEDOU,
the Director in charge of the services foreigners and of the audits Banks of west Africa " CREDIT EPARGNE TOGOLAIS du DEVELOPPEMENT ( C.E.T.D) " Arrange branch in Togo.

In my department following the presentation of the account financial statement of the year 2007 we have just discovered an abandoned:
FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR US ($4,500,000 US) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died with his family in December 2002 in a plane crash.


Since we got information about his death, we expected that his relatives or his close relationship come claim the money, but Unfortunately, until today no one has been shown.


Following this discovery I have decided to make this business proposal in order to release the money because the laws and guidelines of banking operations here stipulate that if such money remained without complaint after six years, it will be transferred in the treasury to the bank as soon as unclaimed funds.

So you propose to declare the bank as close relatives or close relationship to the deceased's family finally transferring the money.

If we agree, 45% of this money will be for you, 5% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the transfer operations and 50% will be for me.

I bring to your attention that this transaction does not involve any risk as all the provisions and I will make arrangements for you myself for the transfer.

You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this message.

thank you and i am waiting of your prompt response and ask you to believe the assurances of my Consideration.


NB: Not serious, to abstain from.


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SALUT,

Je suis FEDERICK TEDOU,
le Directeur chargé des services étrangers et des audits Banque de l'Afrique de l'ouest
" CREDIT EPARGNE TOGOLAIS du DEVELOPPEMENT ( C.E.T.D) " Agence succursale au Togo.

Dans mon département suite à la présentation de l'etat financier de compte de l'année 2007 nous venons de découvrir une somme abandonnée de:
QUARTRE MILLIONS CINQ CENT MILLE DOLLARS US 4 .500 000 $ US dans un compte qui appartient à un de nos clients étrangers qui est mort avec sa famille en décembre 2002 dans un crash d'avion.

Depuis que nous avons obtenu les informations sur sa mort, nous nous attendions à ce que ses proches parents ou sa proche relation viennent réclamer l'argent mais
malheureusement jusqu'au jour d'aujourd'hui personne ne s'est manifesté.

Suite à cette découverte j'ai décidé de vous faire cette proposition d'affaires afin de pouvoir libérer l'argent car les lois et les directives d'opérations bancaires ici stipulent que si un tel argent restait sans réclamation après six ans, elle sera transférée dans le trésor de la banque comme dès fonds non réclamés.


Alors propose vous déclarer à la banque comme proche parents ou proche relation de la famille défunte enfin de transférer cet argent.

Si nous tombons d’accord,
40% de cet argent sera pour vous, 10% sera mis de côté pour les frais occasionnés pendant les opérations de transfère et 50% sera pour moi.


Je porte à votre connaissance que cette transaction ne comporte aucun risque car toutes les dispositions et les arrangements je les ferai pour vous moi même pour le transfert.

Vous devriez me contacter immédiatement dès que vous recevrez ce message.

Dans l'attente de votre prompte réaction, je vous prie de croire à l'assurance de ma
considération.


NB: Pas serieux , s'abstenir .


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