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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: evansali4@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:17:46 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=3A=20MR=20Evans=20Ali?=

FROM: MR Evans Ali,
ECOBANK BENIN
Rue du Gouverneur Bayol Cotonou
Swift: ECOCBJJ
T?ex : 539 ECOBNK
PHONE# +229-64-83-21

ATTEN:SIR

RE:TRANSFER OF (USD 65 MILLION)

In order to transfer out (USD 65 MILLION) sixty Five 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 MR Evans Ali,the auditor of ECOBANK BENIN. There is an account opened
in this bank in 1990 and since 2000 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. DESTIN PAL,a foreigner, and a miner at
D & D INVESTMENT CO.,a geologist byprofession and he died since 1990.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 65M)sixty Five million United States
Dollars). I want to transfer the [USD65M] sixty Five million United States
Dollars into a safe foreigners account abroad ,but I don't know any foreigner,I
am only contacting you 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 is Mr.DESTIN
PAL is a foreigner too.

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don? know
our selves before,but be sure 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 information about this transaction.

please Call me for more info.
00-229-64-83-21

Regards.

MR Evans Ali




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