419 scam: a.musa383@laposte.net FROM THE DESK OF: Mr ALI MUSA.

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- musa.ali650@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: a.musa383@laposte.net
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 09:10:56 +0200
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF: Mr ALI MUSA.

FROM THE DESK OF: Mr ALI MUSA.
THE HEAD OF FILE DEPARTMENT
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (A.D.B)
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso

Dear friend,
I am Mr Ali Musa, the head of file department of African development bank (A.D.B) here in
Burkina Faso / Ouagadougou . In my department we discover an abandoned sum of
(US$10.5mllion US Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who
died along with his family in plane crash.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to
you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for the
safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it. I agree that 40% of
this money will be for you, while 60% would be for me. Then after the money is been
transferred into your account, I will visit your country for an investment under your
kind control.

You have to contact my Bank directly as the real next of kin of this deceased account
with next of kin application form. You have to send me those your information below to
enable me use it and get you next of kin application form from bank, so that you will
contact Bank for the transfer of this money into your account.
Your Full Name....................
Your Home Address.................
Your Age..........................
Youâ€™re Handset Number...............
Your Occupation...................

I am waiting for your urgent respond to enable us proceed further
For the transfer.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Ali Musa
EMAIL(musa.ali650@gmail.com)

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