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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)
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "30% for you " (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)
  • "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)
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • personalemail1@praize.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • karimkarimm@mynet.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister. Abdull KARIM" <karimkarimm@mynet.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:34:22 +0000
Subject: TOP SECRET -FROM:BARRISTER ABDULL KARIM.


FROM:BARRISTER ABDULL KARIM KARIM.
KARIM CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATE.(NOTARY PUBLIC)
Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso.
West Africa.
Mobile line:+226 76 56 25 86.

Attention:Dear Friend.

With great pleasure I am writing this proposal on behalf of my associates.This is a proposal in context but actually an appeal soliciting for your unreserved assistance in consummating an urgent transaction requiring maximum confidence.

This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind but please consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility.

I am Barrister ABDULL KARIM KARIM, personal attorney to Late Mr.William Barnes,a foreigner and Geologist by profession, The owner of cadbury manufacturing Company here in Burkina Faso, who died since 1999, in an EgyptAir Flight 990, on the 31st October along with other passengers on board.

I have a business proposal in the tune of $19.5m, (Nineteen million five hundred thousand USD) after the successful transfer; we shall share in ratio of 30% for you while (5%) for tax and other miscellaneous expenses.

Hence, I seek for a reliable,honest and not greedy foreign partner whom I shall use his or her account for transferring the fund.

As it may interest you to know, I got your impressive information on my search for a reliable partner, I contacted you to be my partner and person to be reliable and capable to champion a business of such magnitude without any problem.

I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is in us dollars and the former owner of the account is Mr.William Barnes is a foreigner too.

This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of oath to the bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money to be re-transferred into on his request as it may be after due verification and clarification by the bank .

But,I want to first transfer $10,000.000.00 (Ten million USD) from this money into a safe account abroad, after which we will transfer the remaining (9.500M)

YOUR ROLE:
All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the Above quoted Sum and I will re-profile the funds with your name, which will enable The bank transfer the sum to you. I have decided to use this Sum to relocate to any continent.

With my position now, I can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account after the procedures and the necessary banking Mode of transfer,which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing.

The transaction has to be concluded in 14 banking days. As soon as I confirm your readiness to conclude the transaction with me, I Will provide you with the details.

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 here side.

I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account. I am ready to discuss your reward immediately i receive your response.

Though this approach appears desperate, I can assure you that whatever questions you would need to ask or any other thing you will need to know regarding this proposal will be adequately answered to give you a clearer understanding of it, so as to arrive at a successful conclusion.

It can also be a once in life opportunity for you, because l know that we are going to see face-face, preferably come down to Burkina Faso and verify on the claim on the said amount of money in the bank, after which I will make this remittance in your presence and two of us will fly to your country so at least two days ahead of the money going into the account.

Besides, to discuss business and investment in your country at large, and thereafter sit together to decide on the means of transferring.

For your perusal,you can confirm this from the website below :-
http://www.s-t.com/daily/11-99/11-02-99/d08ho174.htm

I will be monitoring the whole situation here until you confirm the money in your account, and ask me to come down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further Investment, either in your country or any country you advice me to invest in .

Note: I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place.

If this picks your interest, please do contact me immediately through my private email ( personalemail1@praize.com ) so we can commence all arrangements and for more details, also for easier communication please send me the Following:

(1) Full names:
(2) Private phone number:
(3) Current residential address:
(4) Occupation:
(5) Age and Sex:

Please, make it TOP SECRET and avoid every channel of implicating me here thereby endanger my career.

Best Regards,

BARRISTER ABDULL KARIM KARIM, (Esq)
Mobile line:+226 76 56 25 86.

Bellow is my resident contact address and my telephone line
Siege social: 01bp 452001 -Ouagadougou 01 ,Burkina Faso.West Africa.
Tel Phone: (residence line ) + 226 70 74 86 62.
Email: karimkarimm@mynet.com

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