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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)
  • "keep it confidential" (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.
• 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.
  • josephaboki1@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Joseph Aboki <josephaboki4@live.fr>
Reply-To: <josephaboki1@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:20:06 +0100
Subject: Dear friend,



FROM THE DESK OF MR.JOSEPH ABOKI
DIRECTOR AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
BANK OF AFRICA,OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO

Private email address:josephaboki1@yahoo.fr

Dear Friend,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise,however,it's just my urgent needed for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction.I got your contact from the chamber of commerce here in my country ouagadougou burkina faso.
I am a banker by profession from burkina faso in west africa and currently holding the post of director auditing and accounting unit of the bank .I have the opportunity of transfering the left over funds($10.5Million) of one of our bank costumer later Mr.Kurt Kahle,from germany who died along with his entire family on 31 july 2000 in a plane crash you can confirm by yourself/web site of plane crash,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Hence,i am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be shared between us in the ratio of 50/40 while 10% will be mapped out for expenses.If you agree to my business proposal.Further data's of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive your return mail.Have a nice day.
Yours faithfully
Mr.Joseph Aboki
Notice/make sure you keep it confidential till we receives the money into the account that you will provide to our bank.Don't disclose it to anybody please!!!,because is our life time opportunity and also for the secrecy of this transaction is as well as the success of this claim.
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