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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "federal republic of benin"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • ken_williams199@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ken williams <ken_williams199@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ken_williams06@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 05:37:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLS GET BACK TO ME AS WE PROCEED!!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: ken_williams199@yahoo.com

FROM DR. KEN WILLIAMS.

THE DIRECTOR INCHARGE OF

AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,

FINANCIAL BANK,COTONOU-BENIN REPUBLIC


Dearest Friend Good Day,


It's my Pleasure writing to you at this moment of the day, I am DR. KEN WILLIAMS the director incharge of auditing and accounting Unit of Continental Bank in Cotonou-Benin Republic. I and my colleagues deem it fit to contact you regarding to a transaction that will be of favour to both of us at the end, and i got your contact in my search for a reputable and reliable person to help me claim the fund in question.


We discovered the sum of eight million one hundred thousand United States Dollars (USD8.1M) belonging to a deceased customer of this bank. The fund has been lying in a suspence account without anybody coming to put claim over the fund since the account owner late Mr. Mohamed Mohd from libanon, who was involved in the December 25th Benin plane crash. Here is the air crash website=

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html

The said fund is now ready for transfer to a foriegn account whose owner will be portrayed as the beneficiary and next of kin to the deceased customer of the bank.


The foriegn account owner will impost himself as the next of kin to the deceased and respond positively like a true next of kin who wishes to speed up the release and transfer of his nherited fund. If the over due fund is not claimed by the end of next quarter, the government of the Federal Republic of Benin will take over the ownership of the fund in line with the Federal Edict Act of 1979.


We do not want the government to take over the ownership of this fund, that is why I contacted you for us to do the deal together, so that we will portray you as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased whose name is Mr. Mohamed mohd.If you accept to carry out this project with us, we will offer you 30% of the total sum, while I and my colleagues involved will take 70% of the total sum.Upon your acceptance to do this deal with us, we will jointly effect the transfer within eight working days.


Be rest assured that, this transaction carries no risk and no extra responssibilities on your part, except the above mentioned roles and normally you will be required to maintain absolute information and absolute secrecy throughout the duration of this transaction, because discussing it with a third party might jeopardise the entire transaction.


In acceptance to do this deal with me, i will like you to forward to me your informations as stated below so that we can move speedly to the next step of this transaction.


1)Your Full Name and Address

2)Your Marital Status

3)Your Occupation/Profession

4)Your Direct Telephone/Fax Numbers

5)Your Bank Account Particulars where the money will be transffered

6)A copy of your international passport/Driving lieneces for indentification

7)Your city and country of origin.


I am looking forward to receiving your interesting response on this project as this will greatly enrich the both of us at the end.


BEST REGARD,

DR. KEN WILLIAMS.





- ken williams

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