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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:
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Eric Boss" <eric_boss1@msn.com>
Reply-To: er_boss24@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:28:29 +0000
Subject: FROM MR ERIC BOSSOU

Dear Friend,
I am ERIC BOSSOU the director in charge of Auditing and Accounting
Department of Eco Bank Benin, in West Africa, and also the account
officer of Mr.Robert Bouabjian,(the MD Menemenlioglu construction sarl) of
Lebanese Origin.
Unfortunately he died in the plane crash of Union Transport Africaines
Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou Benin Republic on the December 25,2003. You may
read more stories about the crash on visiting these websites:
http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/97/384/11653_Aircrash.html
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash Before his death on
the 25th December 2003, Mr.Robert Bouabjian had a
fixed deposit account with the bank and no other person outside the
bank knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no
other beneficiary and my investigation proved that his supposed next of kin
died along with him in the crash. Since then I have made several enquiries
to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved
unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you.
I contacted you to assist in transffering the money left behind by my client
to your nominated account before the bank confiscates the fund.
Consequently, since l have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for
over 5 weeks now. I seek your consent, to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$4.3 million
can be paid into your account and thereafter you and l can share the
money.70% to me and my colleagues 30% to you.We shall procure all necessary
legal document that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I
require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through.
I guarantee that this deal will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
All document of transaction shall be destroyed immediately we receive this
money leaving no trace behind.
If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly email the following
information to me:
a. Complete names
b. Private telephone number
c. Private fax number
d. Private email
Have a nice day and God bless.
Sincerely,
Mr ERIC BOSSOU

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