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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)
  • "million us dollars" (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)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • wadi_ward002@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Wadi Ward <wadi_ward0_010@msn.com>
Reply-To: <wadi_ward002@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:52:17 +0000
Subject: REQUEST




FROM THE DESK OF DR.WADI WARD
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO


DEAR FRIEND,

I AM DR.WADI WARD,BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO. I HAVE A BUSINESS WHICH WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO BOTH OF US. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY INVOLVED IS 15 MILLION US DOLLARS) WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFER OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, ALL TO MY FINANCIAL BENEFIT AND YOURS TOO.THIS MONEY IS OWNED BY A MAN CALLED SALLA KHATIF,A LEBANESE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE DECEMBER25TH 2003 BENIN PLANE CRASH. HERE IS THE AIR CRASH WEBSITE ONFILTERED= CLICK BELOW

HTTP://WWW.CNN.COM/2003/WORLD/AFRICA/12/26/BENIN.CRASH/INDEX.HTML
HE DIED FOUR YEARS AGO AND SINCE THEN NO CLAIM HAS BEEN PLACED ON HIS BANK ACCOUNT BALANCE. I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY OUT OF THE COUNTRY BUT SUCH FUND CAN NOT BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT A NEXT OF KIN ATTACHED TO THE FUND. THE FUND COULD BE TRANSFERRED IN THIS WAY; YOU SHALL PRESENT YOURSELF AS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES TO THE DECEASED PERSON SALLA KHATIF AS DETAILS SHALL BE THAT YOU ARE THE CARE-TAKER BUSINESS ASSOCIATES TO MR SALLA KHATIF AND HIS PROPERTIES.

I SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU MATERIALS AND INFORMATION WITH WHICH A SUCCESSFUL CLAIM SHALL BE PLACED ON THE FUND. I SHALL BE YOUR GUIDANCE AND INSTRUCTOR THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS TRANSACTION SO AS TO ENSURE A SWIFT AND SURE TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. AS TO YOUR BENEFITS, YOU SHALL BE ENTITLED TO 40% OF THIS FUND FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION IN THIS TRANSACTION WHILE 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR EXPENSES BOTH OF US INCURRED DURING THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION.

SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, SEND A REPLY TO ME IMMEDIATELY AND IN YOUR REPLY PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
1.YOUR AGE.............................................
2.YOUR SEX..............................................
3.YOUR OCCUPATION...............................
4YOUR COUNTRY......................................
5.PHONE NUMBER....................................
URGENCY HAS TO BE IMPLIED,AS THIS BUSINESS MUST STRICTLY BE A DEAL BETWEEN BOTH OF US. CONTACT EMAIL: wadi_ward002@yahoo.fr

BEST REGARDS,
DR. WADI WARD

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