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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)
  • "transfer into your account" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • dr.hammadahisseine@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR HAMMADA HISSEINE" <hammada_hisseine2@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: hammada_hisseine3@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:12:24 +0000
Subject: HELLO MY DEAR FRIEND

FROM THE DESK OF DR.Hammada Hisseine AUDITOR, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, DAKAR SENEGAL. Email: [log in to unmask]
DEAR FRIEND.
LETTER FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE ON FUND TRANSFER
First,i must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction.This by viture of its nature as being utterly confidential and TOP SECRET. I got your contact in our search for a foriegn partner who has the ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of great magnitude involving a pending business transaction requiring maximum confidence. We are top officials of the Federal Ministry of Health and social services Dakar Senegal, We are intrested in ivestments in your country with funds which are presently trapped here Senegal in other to commence this business we solicit your assistance to enable us transfer into your account the said trapped funds. The source of this fund is as follows: During our last year Auditing, we find out that some government officials set up companies and awarded themselves contracts which were grossly over invoiced in various Ministries, We also identified a lot of inflated contracts funds which are presently Deposited in a BANK here in Dakar However,by virture of our position as civil servants and members of the panel ,we cannot acquire this
money in our name.I have therefore ,been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues of the panel to look for an overseas patner into whose account we would transfer the total sum of USD$25,500,000.00 [TWENTY FIVE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS]. Hence we are writting you this letter.We agreed to share the money thus: [1] 20% FOR THE ACCOUNT OWNER [YOU] [2] 80% FOR US [THEOFFICALS] It is from the 80% that we wish to commense investments in your country as you will also stand as our foriegn agent over there.Please note that this transaction is 100% safe and we hope to commense the transaction latest seven[7]days from the date of the receipt of the following information bellow.
NAME......................................................
MAILING ADDRESS..................................
AGE:.......................................................
COMPANY S NAME BENEFICIARY OF ACCOUNT...............
STATE/COUNTRY....................................
BANK/ACCONUT NUMBER......................
TELE/FAX NUMBERS...............................
ACCOUNT/SORT/ABA/ROUTING NUMBERS WHICH THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFERED TO .
The above
information will enable us commense the transfer of this funds into your account in your country without delay and also to open an account in your name. We are looking forward to doing this business with you and solict your confidentiality in this transaction. Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter using the above email address,I will bring you into the complete picture of this pending project when i hear from you.
With Kind regards,
DR.Hammada Hisseine
CONTACT ME WITH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS.
E-MAIL dr.hammadahisseine@yahoo.fr

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