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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:
  • "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united state 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)
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • financialbankbj@mail.md (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "billsmith02 Gazeta.pl" <billsmith02@gazeta.pl>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 21:08:58 +0100
Subject: CONFIRM TO US IF THIS WOMAN IS YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE


CONFIRM TO US IF THIS WOMAN IS YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE

Attn: Sir,

Your Over Due Inheritance Fund;

This is to notify you that your over due inheritance funds has been gazetted
to be paid, via key telex transfer (KTT )-direct wire transfer to you since
March 5TH, 2008. Meanwhile, a United States of American citizen (MRS.WHITE
MOORE) visited this office on 2nd April 2008 with a letter of application,
claiming to be your true representative. She gave us this below information
as where your funds will be transferred:

Bank Name: Citi Bank
Account number: 3800423483,
City: Chicago; USA.
Beneficiary Name: MRS.WHITE MOORE

Please, do reconfirm to this office, as matter of urgency if this woman is
from you so that this department will not be held responsible for paying
into wrong hand/account. This office monitors and controls the affairs of
all banks and financial institutions in Benin Republic concerned with
foreign contract payments executed within the country. And I am the final
signatory to any transfer or remittance of huge funds moving within banks
both on the local and international levels in line to foreign contracts
settlement.

The Governor central Bank has instructed this department to see the
immediate transfer of this $18m (Eighten Million United State Dollars) as
part payment of your fund into your bank account without delay. We
understand from our findings that you have been going through hard ways by
paying a lot of charges to see to the release of your fund, which has been
the handiwork of some miscreant elements from this country, we advice that
you stop further communication with any correspondence from anybody or
office, if you really want to get your fund and will not loose any more
money.

Finally, you are advice to re-confirm to this office your receiving bank
account, where you want your fund to be remitted. And your direct Mobile
telephone and fax number.

Further delay, we shall proceed to issue all payments details to the said
MRS.WHITE MOORE, if we do not hear from you within the next seven working
days from today.

Contact DR.STANLLY TUMA for your payment information via this E-mail :
financialbankbj@mail.md ,or financialtrustbj@live.fr

Waiting for your urgent mail.

Sincerely Your's
Bill Smith

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