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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:
  • "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)
  • "stay blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Innousa B Corogo" <corogoc@biz.by>
Reply-To: inthankgodineverything@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:04:32 +0100
Subject: Kindly accept my sincerely apology treat urgent and confidential.


Hi my dear,

Kindly accept my sincerely apology if my desire did not get to your personal
entity, by introduction my name is: Mr Innousa Bubba Corogo from Burkina
Faso , my occupation: banker in Bank of Africa Burkina. Don't be surprise
reading from me while we don't know before but it is my urgent need for
foreign partner made me decided to contact you for confidential business
transaction. I decided to contact you after my unsuccessfully severally
attempt to contact a friend of mine who I trusted both his ability in
handling the transaction amounting to $7.2 Million USD. Along the attempt I
come across you email contact and I will detail you more all we needed to do
so as to gain the said amount $7.2 Million USD legally out from our bank to
your personal control as your own money hence you follow up my instruction
properly and by then after success we share it within both of us alone.

Thanks and stay blessed.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Buba.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam