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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • garbalawal@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3agarbalawal@rocketmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "GARBA LAWAL" <garbalawal4@ig.com.br>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:29:34 -0700
Subject: PERSONAL LETTER OF ASSISTANCE


From DR GARBA LAWAL.
Vault Manager
Continental Bank Cotonou
Benin Republic
Tele: 0022998429305
Email:garbalawal@rocketmail.com <Email%3Agarbalawal@rocketmail.com>

Dear

Please do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal
ethics. I will introduce myself first to you. My name is DR, GARBA LAWAL, a
staff in the Vault section of Continental bank here in Cotonou, Benin
Republic. One of our accounts with holding balance of USD18,100,000
(Eighteen Million one hundred thousand United States Dollars)has been
dormant and has not been operated for the past 6 years.

The Bank is in the process of closing the account and my reason for writing
you is to work with you towards claiming the funds legally. From my
investigations and confirmations,the owner of this account is Nasir Rasheed,
a foreigner, he unfortunately died in the plane crash of Union Transport
Africains Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou, Benin republic on the december
25,2003. You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this website
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/ Since then nobody has done
anything as regards of the claiming of this money because he has no family
members who are aware of the existence of neither the account or the funds.

Also information from the National Immigration states that he was also
single on entry into this country. I have secretly discussed this matter
with some of the bank officials and we have agreed to find a reliable
foreign partner to make this deal. We thus proposed to do this business with
you,standing in as the oversea business partner and next of kin of that this
fund will released to you after due processes have been followed.You are
entitled of 20% share commission after the conclussion of this transfer. We
want you to understand that this transaction is totally free of risk and
troubles as the fund is legitimate and does not originated from drug, money
laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act. On our interest, let me hear
from you.And for more details contact me with this email: (
garbalawal@rocketmail.com)

Regards,

DR.GARBA LAWAL.

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