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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)
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "million 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)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "felico208@yahoo.co.jp" <felico208@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: mrflawson@hotmail.fr
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:59:33 +0900 (JST)
Subject: I NEDD YOUR CO-OPRATION / TRUST

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Felix Lawson, A Foreign Opretion Manager to Global fund Company ltd, here in Cotonou. I discovered abandoned sum of US$10.6million DOLLARS (TEN MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ) in our file during our fiscal year account reconciliation that belongs to our foreign customer,
LATE MR. JOHNSON BEKER from America, who involved in a car accident along Cotonou-Abome express-road with his wife and their three Children

The reason why I am contacting you is based on trust to enable me to present you as the next-of-kin to him for safety and subsequent disbursement of this fund Nobody has come to our company for the claim of this fund.I have in my possession necessary and legalized documents that could back-up the
claim of this fund and which will present you as the rightful next-of-kin to the deceased customer as we will not want this fund to go into company's treasury as unclaimed bill.If this remains unclaimed after six years, the company will confiscate it.

The request for a foreigner or any indigent or resident can apply for claims with utmost confidentiality or a total stranger as next-of-kin in this transaction is occasioned by the fact that late BEKER was a foreigner.All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of your assistance , 5% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the transaction,
another 5% to help the less privilege and to assist charity organizations here in the cotonou and abroad while the rest 60% will be for me and my farmily.

There after, I will come to you for disbursement according to the percentage indicated. Therefore, to enable the immediate release of this, be notified that the fund has since been packaged by the cooperation of our diplomats attache and our laboratory experts and deposited with a private
organization in a trunk box for safekeeping as art works materials meant for investment abroad since it could not be declared cash because the private organization is registered for delivery of goods and such valuables.

Please if you are interested forward to me your informations as stated
below

(1) Your full names:
(2) Contact address:
(3) Tel/cell numbers:
(4) Occupation:
(5) Age:
(6) Sex:
{7} Company Name{If Any}:
{8} Nationality:

And a copy of your international passport/drivers license for a level playing field.

Best Regards,
Mr.Felix Lawson


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