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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "% will be for you" (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 business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22993002840 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Freddy Carlos <freddy_carlos5@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <freddy_carlos001@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:10:20 +0100
Subject: From:The Desk of Mr Freddy Carlos,



From:The Desk of Mr Freddy Carlos, Bill & Exchange Manager. African Development Bank,ADB. Phone +229 93 00 28 40.
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATEDear Friend, Compliments of the day. I deceided to contact you after I received your informations on the net,in search of a partner for this business.Hence I confide in from you
I am Mr Freddy Carlos, from (African Development Bank).During the course of our auditing,we discovered the sum of US8.500,000.00(Eight Million five Hundred Thousand Dollars) floating in an account opened in this Bank since 1997 and as from 2001 no body has operated on this account again,and after going through some old files in the records,I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [HEIR]on the 11th of sept 2001 by plane crash,hence the money is floating.

After due verification I noticed that no other person knows about this account except his wife who was also invovled in the crash.So,the account has noother beneficiary.My investigation also proved that until his death,hewas the Director GOLD ARK [SARL].

Since our bank(African Development Bank)Benin Rep,got informations about his death,we have been expecting his next of kin to come forward and claim this money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and policies which nobody up to date,came up to this bank as his next of kin or relative.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my department now decided to make this businness proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or Relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since no body is coming forth and we don't want this money to go into the Bank treasury as an unclaimed Bill.
On this note, I decided to seek for your assistance in getting this fund out of the bank into a foreign account,because the country law here does not allow such money to stay more than Five years, or it will be recalled into the government treasury as an unclaimed Bill after this period.
So therfore,upon the receipt of your response, I will send to you the application form,banks contact and the next step to take in this transaction.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should entertain no fear as all modalities for fund transfer would definitely be finalized within a fourteen banking days, after you must have applied to the bank as a relation to the deceased.
It has been resolved that 30% will be for you while 10% has been maped out to defray any expences that might be incured during the process of the transaction,while 60% will be for me and my coleagues,which shall be release after the funds must have been remitted into your bank account.

When you receive this letter, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your decision.Including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communicationI will be very happy if you can treat this business with the utmost secrecy as it demands because of my position in this bank,For confidentiality reasons.

Reply only to my private
Email:freddy_carlos002@yahoo.frWaiting to hear from you,thanks. Best Regards, Mr Freddy Carlos

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