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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)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "federal republic of benin" (Benin, Cameroon, etc. are no Federal Republics, unlike Nigeria where this type of scam was invented)
• 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.
  • bbeegood@mail.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ssmbh ssmbh <ssmbh45@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <ssmbh@mail.ru>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:19:53 +0000
Subject: Reply asap



Dear Friend
Firstly,not to cause you embarrassment,I am Mr Clems Williams from federal republic of Benin[cotonuo] an account officer with Mr.Ray Henderson .He was a Seasoned Contractor with Benin Global telecommunication ltd Benin Republic and global system mobiletelephone [GSM]in Nigeria respectively. unfortunately he died in a Train bomb explosion in Madrid [Spain] on the March 11,2004.When he traveled for vacation in Spain. You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this website: http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/2004 [or] cnn.com/Madrid.
Before his death on March 11 2004, Mr Ray Henderson, has a fixed deposit account of $4million with the wema bank plc and$2.5m with ECO bank of Cotonou Du Benin want I intends doing is to have this fund pulled out to a new different bank over seas which I do not have and based on this I have to contact you for this help. Already before the sudden death of my boss, we have approached the bank manager that he want to pulled out $3million to a new account that he was to open while on his vacation before his death.
So after his death, I waited for some years to see if any one will find out ,but nobody I then went back to the bank manager and told him that I was given the account and he said that I should come forward with it for the release of the fund. In this regards, I will be happy if we can do it together by you providing the account and I will perfect it down here as I will first secure the certificate of registration of the fund from the probate court and here I will need an address to do this ok. Thanks and you can also email me on bbeegood@mail.ru
Mr Clems Williams

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