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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:
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • dukerdan2001@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Edu John" <edujohn@msn.com>
Reply-To: dukerdan2001@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:25:01 +0000
Subject: AN REPLY

Dear,

I apologize if the contents in this mail are contrary to your moral ethics,
which I feel may be of great disturbance to your personal life, But please
treat with absolute secrecy and personal. I pray that this email reaches you
in the best of health.

I am Mr DUKER DAN the Chief Auditor, with African Developement Bank
Cotonou, Republic of Benin.
One of our customers Engr Ron Morris, with his entire family were among the
victims of December
25, 2003 Air-Crash. For more about the Air Crash you can visit the CNN web
ne
ws for the tragedy.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/Before his death,

he has an account with us valued at Eight Million, One hundred and
Eighty-Three Thousand US Dollars ( $USD8.183M)
According to the Benin Law, at the expiration of Three years if nobody
applies to claim the funds a grace of thrity (30) days will be given
before the money will revert to the ownership of the Benin government.

My proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next
of kin or Distant Cousin for us to claim this money, so that the fruits of
this old man's labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government
officials who will later
use the money to sponsor war in Africa and kill innocent citizens in the
search for political power.

Please note that there will be no problem as my bank has made all effort
through to reach for any
Relation but all was fruitless.
My position as the Chief Auditor in this bank guarantees the successful
execution of this(Deal) transaction.

This money will be shared on agreed percentage which must be written in the
agreement of personal trusteeship,once the funds is transferred to your
account in your country or anywhere else. If not interested please distroy
the mail because of the confidentiality attached to it.
I promise that this transaction will be done under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect both of us from any breach of the law.

Best Regards.
Mr DUKER DAN
N/B If you are interested and in
agreement with me, please write back immediately to dukerdan2001@yahoo.com

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