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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "hundred thousand american 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "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)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • atlanticbank.bj@bk.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ATLANTIC BANK GROUP" <abg5@superposta.com>
Reply-To: atlanticbank.bj@bk.ru
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:16:59 +0100
Subject: attn:


*ATLANTIC BANK GROUP*
*

148/150 AVANUE DE LA COMMERCE COTONOU-BENIN

Email: atlanticbank.bj@bk.ru

Attn:

This is Atlantic Bank Group, We want to inform you that On November 6th 2003
your relative made a fixed deposit for 36 calendar months valued at
US$5,000,000.00 Five Million United States Dollars with our bank, Upon
maturity of his contract with our bank, it is our duty to notify him on the
maturity date so we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address
but the letter was returned undelivered.

After sometime in last year we tried sending back the letter but it was
again returned and finally we discovered that he was among the people that
lost their life in September 28, 2004 Hurricane that happend in Florida
nearly one you after the contract was made.

We are sorry for the death of your relative who happed to be our good
customer may his gentle soul rest in perfect peace. During our managements
meeting today which the issue of releasing his Five Million U.S.A Dollars
plus One Million Five Hundred thousand American Dollars interest making the
total of Six Million Five Hundred American Dollars to his next of kin arose,
on going through his file we saw your address in his file as his next of
kin.

The management of this bank has asked me to contact you for the releasing of
your inherited sum of US$6,500.000.00 to you as the next of kin to our late
customer, please get back to us.

We are sorry again for the lost; on behalf of the management of Atlantic
Bank Group we send our sincere condolence.

Sincerely

Ms. Gladys Brown

Secretary Processing department

Atlantic Bank Group
*

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