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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:
  • "account in your country or any safer place" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • helendede_2003@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dede Helen" <helen_dede@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:05:33 +0100
Subject: From Mrs. Helen.

I am Mrs Helen K. Dede from Cotonou in the Republic of BENIN. I am a widow
being that I lost my husband a couple of months ago. My husband was a
serving director of the Cocoa exporting board until his death . He was
assassinated last january by the rebels following the political uprising in
Abidjan Ivory Coast when he traveled on a Cocoa businees trip.

Before his death he had a foreign account here in Africa up to the tune of
$2.5M which he told the bank the money was for the importation of cocoa
processing machine.

I want you to do me a favour to receive this funds to a safe account in your
country or any safer place as co-beneficiary. This is my reason for writing
to you.

Please if you are willing to assist me and my only son, indicate your
interest in replying soonest to my private Email address:
helendede_2003@yahoo.com for me to give you more infomations regarding this
money and also the contact of the bank so that you can contact them for the
transfer of this money into your account.

Thanks and best regards .

Mrs. Helen K. Dede.



FRENCH

De Mme Helen. Je suis Mme Helen K. Dede de Cotonou dans la République du
BÉNIN. Je suis une veuve étant que j'ai perdu mon mari deux il y a mois. Mon
mari était un directeur de portion du cacao exportant le conseil jusqu'à sa
mort. Il a été assassiné janvier passé par les rebelles suivant le
soulèvement politique en Côte d'Ivoire d'Abidjan quand il a voyagé en voyage
de businees de cacao. Avant que sa mort qu'il a eue un compte étranger ici
en Afrique jusqu'à l'air de $2.5M qu'il a dit la banque à l'argent était
pour l'importation de la machine de développement de cacao. Je veux que vous
me fassiez une faveur pour recevoir ce des fonds à un compte sûr dans votre
ou n'importe quel lieu plus sûr comme Co-bénéficiaire. C'est ma raison de
l'inscription vous. Svp si vous êtes disposé à aider moi et mon seulement
fils, indiquez votre intérêt en répondant le plus bientôt à mon email
address privé : helendede_2003@yahoo.com

pour que je vous donne plus d'infomations concernant cet argent et également
le contact de la banque de sorte que vous puissiez entrer en contact avec
eux pour le transfert de cet argent en votre compte.

Merci et les meilleurs souvenirs.

Mme Helen K. Dede.

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