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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:
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "john mark mbuli" <johnmark_mbuli5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jjmmbuli@o2.pl
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:43:15 +0000
Subject: information require for the transction

I am Mr.John Mark Mbuli, I am a friend to late Mr.Gert I am also the present
fianincial controller of African DEvelopment Bank (A.D.B), Cotonou
branch,Republic of Benin. I have an urgent and very confidential business
proposition for you as a result of what I presently have at hand.


On 25th December 2003, Mr.Gert a Lebanese investor in Cotonou , Republic of
Benin was among the plane crash victims of Boeing 727-type, Air plane of
African Transport Union (UTA) crashed on 25th December 2003 at the Fidjrosse
beach Cotonou Republic of Benin. 110 persons died, the
Beirut-bound flight victims are mostly Lebanese nationals and few
westerners. Over 40 others still reported missing as at then, while 22
passengers survived.


Please I seek your consent to present you as Next of kin to the deceased so
that the sidetracked Account valued at 15.5 Million US Dollar (Fifteen
Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollar) of late Mr. GERT?could be remitted
to your account as his Next of Kin, and then we can share the amount on a
mutually agreed percentage. All I require from you is your honest
co-operation and trust 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. To enable us discuss further
about this transaction, do contact me you kindly provide me with the
following


1: your full name and address as you will want it to appear on the
documents.

2: your phone and fax line for ease of communication to you direct.

3: your proffesion and position.

4: your country of origin.

5: your age

please reply to this email ;jjmmbuli@o2.pl



I await your urgent response.

Regard,


John Mark Mbuli

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