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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.
• 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.
  • benpaschal1@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "paschal ben" <paschalben1@msn.com>
Reply-To: benpaschal1@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:41:56 +0000
Subject: My Dear Friend,

My Dear Friend,

I am Mr. P C BEN the Auditor of United Bank for
Africa Plc (U.B.A).

I have an obscured business suggestion for you. One
of our clients/personal friend, Late Mr.Kenneth C. Makoto
unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash on January
31st 2000, including his wife and his only daughter.

Late Mr. Kenneth C. Makoto is a foreigner and the manager of Granite
Minning Nig, a chemical engineer by profession and he died since the year
2000.
No other person knows about this account or anything concerning it.
After further investigation it was also discovered that Mr. Kenneth C.
Makoto's next of kin is his daughter who died with him, the account has no
other
beneficiary and my investigation proves to me as well that his company does
not know anything about this account and the amount involved is
(U.S.$12,000,000.00).

I am contacting you to stand and act as the next of kin to Mr. Kenneth
C.Makoto ,At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 40% of the
total amount,while 60% will be
for me, while any expenses both parties might have incurred during the
process of this transaction will be map out from the total sum before
sharing alfter which you have received the money in your care. Let me have
your confidential Tele, Fax and mobile Numbers
confidentlal. private email: (benpaschal1@hotmail.com)

Yours Truly,

Mr. P C BEN.


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