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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:
  • "00,000.00" (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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr.Vicent Ogem <vi_ogem45@msn.com>
Reply-To: <vicent_ogem3000@live.fr>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 09:51:48 +0000
Subject: (Good Day,Urgent Respond)




(Good Day,Urgent Respond)
Please Confidential
Greeting's to you
I know that this message will come as a surprise to you since we dont know each other,but for the purpose of introduction I am (Mr Vicent Ogem) and I am Credit and audits manager and currently holding the F.O.M. in our bank of Africa Development Bank Ouagadougou Burkina Faso (A.D.B)


I have a business proposal in the tune of of ($4.800,000.00, only)In my department, I discover an abandoned sum of ($4.8)in an account that belong to one of our foreign customer who died many years ago through assassination on february 14 2002 when explosives equivalent to around 300kg of C4 were detonated as his motorcade drove past the saint George hotel in the lebanese capital. also this fund has been dormant for many years in this bank.

I have the opportunity of transferring the left over funds to your account,I agree that 40% of this money will be for you, and 2% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 58% would be for me.

Should you be interested, please contact me through my private number and email, So we can commence all arrangements and I Will give you more information on how we would handle this project (vicent_ogem3000@live.fr)
Mr.Vicent Ogem +226-76-32-96-44

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