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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • abdulmad_adamms1@inbox.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: abdulmad adamms <abdulmadadamms04@msn.com>
Reply-To: <abdulmad_adamms1@inbox.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 15:52:23 +0000
Subject: Hello from Mr.Abdulmad Adamms.



Hello from Mr.Abdulmad Adamms.

Good-day and compliment of the day. I found you listed in the Trade Centre Chambers of Commerce as a trustworthy and reliable person. I am a staff of BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) Ouagadougou Burkina faso. I hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that i am about to open up to you for the mutual benefit of our both families. I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of $8.5million to your account within 10 banking days. This money has been dormant for years in our Bank without claim and I am the account officier to the owner of this particular account before his sudden death. On the receipt of your reply, I will give more information about this sum($8.5 million usd).

Best Regards,
Mr.Abdulmad Adamms. private email: abdulmad_adamms1@inbox.com.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam