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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)
  • "confidential business" (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.
  • andreas_burkinafaso@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • dreas_burkinafaso@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Andreas Ubanga" <andreas04@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: andreas_burkinafaso@excite.com
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:49:27 +0100
Subject: High Priority Please Respond Immediately!!!


*FROM THE DESK OF :ANDREAS UBANGA
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING SECTION,
BANK OF AFRICA(BOA),
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO,WEST AFRICA.
EMAIL: **andreas_burkinafaso@excite.com<http://uk.f250.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To
dreas_burkinafaso@excite.com>
*
**
**
*( CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS)*
**
**
*Dear Friend,
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 transferring the left over funds ($15.5million)
FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES of one of my bank
clients who died along with his entire family on 31ST October 1999 in a
plane crash.

You can confirm the genuine of the deceased death by clicking on this web
site **http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm*<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 and
phone call. have a great day,*
**
*With Best Regards.*
**
*Mr.Andreas Ubanga*
*andreas_burkinafaso@excite.com<http://uk.f250.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To
dreas_burkinafaso@excite.com>
*
*0022678890632*

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam