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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:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "ich habe eine neue e-mail-adresse!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • fidelis_orji00@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • fidelisorji00@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?FIDELIS=20ORJI?= <fidelis_orji00@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: fidelisorji00@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 12:15:32 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: I need your assistance


Ich habe eine neue E-Mail-Adresse!Ich bin jetzt unter folgender E-Mail-Adresse zu erreichen: fidelis_orji00@yahoo.de

HON. CHIEF BARRISTER FIDELIS ORJI L.L.B. L.L.M B.L

ADVOCATE A SOLICITOR, COUNSELLORS AND (ATTORNEYS) AT LAW

MEMBER CONSTITUTION DRAFTING COMMITTEE 1995.

EMAIL: fidelisorji00@yahoo.com.hk


Attn:-- Sir,


With due respect, I am calling from Benin Republic West Africa, don't be surprised or afraid to receive this type of message from me. I was moved to contact you based on present condition here.



I am Barrister FIDELIS ORJI, an English speaking Beninois, ASolicitor & Financial Attorney/Consultant. The personal resident Attorney here in Cotonou, Benin Republic to Mr. Sheu Yuan-dong, the late governor of Taiwan's Central Bank, his wife and only daughter with other four other finance officials returning from a conference in Bali and Died in a plane crash in Taiwan on February 16, 1998. Meanwhile, before this event my client was having an abandon sum of eighten Million Five Hundred thousand united state dollars ($18.5m USD) with a Bank here in Cotonou.


The fact and confidentially, this sum kept here very secret while nobody knows except his wife, as he was a governor of Taiwan's Central Bank, anything can happen, so he kept this money here in case of emergency. Unfortunately he lost his live with his family in the event of the plane crash, since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client relatives but all my efforts were unsuccessful.


Above all, since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the Bank's treasury as an unclaimed bill. Because the Banking law and guidelines here stipulated that if such money remained unclaimed after eight (8) years the money will be transferred into the bank treasury as an unclaimed fund.



The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a Foreigner and a Beninois cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.


View this website: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/


After all these, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you to assist me in repatriating the balance of late Mr. Sheu left behind to you as his real next of kin.

For your assistance, I agree to offer you 30% as my foreign partner after the money will be transfer into your nominated bank account and 5% will be set aside of any expenses during the transfer.


Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of the fund to you as indicated, you must apply first to the bank as his next of kin, indicating your bank information where the money will be remitted into. It may interest you to note that I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to backup the claim.


All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve success in the transaction. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and me from any breach of the law.

I hope you will welcome this life time opportunity, if so, please get back to me in confirmation of your good interest to enable us discuss further.


I look forward to hearing from you, so that I can send to you the text of application which you will fill-in your details where the money will be remitted and tender to the Bank as next of kin to my late client.


Thanks in anticipation of your kind co-operation.


Thanks and God bless you.


My best regards to your family,


Hon. Chief Fidelis Orji Esq.

- FIDELIS ORJI

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