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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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Fraud email example:

From: "DR MAC MICHEL" <mac_eco_bank@ritmes.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mac_eco_bank@3xl.net
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:50:48 +0100
Subject: HELLO

FROM:Dr. Mac Michel,
ECOBANK BENIN,
Rue du Gouverneur Bayol
Cotonou BENIN REPUBLIC.
Swift: ECOCBKJJ
Telex : 539 ECOBNK.
PHONE#: + 229 080 898.
Attn:Dear One,

RE:TRANSFER OF (USD 42 MILLION)
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In order to transfer out (USD 42 MILLION) Forty Two Million United States Dollars) from ECOBANK BENIN.I have the courage to ask for your assistance to handle this important and confidential business believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.

I am Dr. MAC MICHEL, the Auditor of ECOBANK BENIN. there is an account opened in this bank in 1992 and since 2001 nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr.HAWARD CRAWFORD , a foreigner, and he was a miner at CIVOTT GOLD MINNING SARL. and he was a Geologist by
profession and he died since 1992. No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that this company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is (USD 42M) forty Two million United States Dollars). I want to transfer the [USD42M] forty Two
million United States Dollars into a safe foreigners account abroad , but I don't know any foreigner,
I am only contactingyou as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is in us dollars and the former owner of the account Mr.HAWARD CRAWFORD is a foreigner too.
I know that this message will come to you as asurprise as we don't know ourselves before,but besure that it is real and a genuine business. I only got your contact address from my secretary who operates computer with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business. You are the only person that I have contacted in this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently. Send also your private
telephone and fax number including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit. I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund will be safe. I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments. I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign account and foreign beneficiary. I
need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you later immediately, if you are able and with capability to handle such amount
in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistake I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable
account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will be
intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. and I want to remaind you that your share has been carculated at 35% of the total sum.
I waiting for your urgent reply so that I will give you more informations about this transaction. for more information please contect me in my private box. ( mac_eco_bank@3xl.net <mailto:mac_eco_bank@3xl.net>)

Best Regards.
Dr. Mac Michel,
AUDITOR(in chief) ECO BANK BENIN.
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC,
WEST AFRICA REGION.

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