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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Davis Williams" <davis_williams3@mail.mn>
Reply-To: davis_williams0@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:17:12 +0000
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY.......


*FROM THE DESK OF **MR MR DAVIS WILLIAMS. *
*DIRECTOR AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,*
*BANK OF AFRICA (BOA).*
*OUAGADOUGOU** -BURKINA FASO. *
*WEBSITE:www.bank-of-africa.net*
*Telephone Number:+226 76116817 *
**
* [image: Groupe BANK OF AFRICA]*
**
*Attention Please,

**This message might meet you in utmost surprise, however,it's just
my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this
transaction. 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
($12.5million) of one of my bank clients who died along with his entire
family on 31 july 2000 in a plane crash.*
**
*You can confirm the genuiness of the deceased death by clicking on this web
site *
*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 60/30 while 10% will be mapped out for *
*expenses.If you agree to my business proposal.further details of the *
*transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive your return mail. *
*have a great day and God bless. *
**
*Yours Faithfully, *
***Mr Davis Williams.*
*NB, MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THIS TRANSACTION AS YOUR TOP SECRECT AND MAKE IT
CONFIDENTIAL TILL WE RECEIVES THE FUND INTO THE ACCOUNT THAT YOU WILL
PROVIDE TO THE BANK. DONT DISCLOSE IT TO ANY BODY "PLEASE", BECAUSE THE
SECRECY OF THIS TRANSACTION IS AS WELL AS THE SUCCESS OF IT. *
**

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