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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:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22997374065 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • chisom_iwene01@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • joseph_buka2005@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?gb2312?q?chisom=20iwene?= <chisom_iwene01@yahoo.com.cn>
Reply-To: joseph_buka2005@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 02:45:59 +0800 (CST)
Subject: compensation


ÎÒÓÐÒ»¸öеĵçÓʵØÖ·ÁË£¡ÄúÏÖÔÚ¿ÉÒÔ·¢µç×ÓÓʼþ¸øÎÒµ½£ºchisom_iwene01@yahoo.com.cn

My Friend



How are you today?



Sorry for any inconveniences. Well, I justwant to use this mediumto thank you very much for your earlier



assistance to help me in receiving the inheritance funds, without any positive outcome.


I am obliged to inform you that I have succeeded in receiving the funds with the help of a new partner from



AUSTRALIA Everything was perfectly done because we strike a deal with one of the Lady accountant who works


with the Remittance Department of the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF)and she rendered a tremendous help to us.


My new partner initiated this idea and everything worked out successfully.In appreciation of your earlier



assistance to me in receiving the Funds, I have decided to compensate you with the sum of $800,000 in a Cashier's cheque (Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). This is from my own share. I did this simply to


show you that it is good to do good things to the right people always.



Presently, I am in australia for investment project with my own share under the advice of my partner. Meanwhile,


I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that


it failed us somehow. I will be sending you e-mail from time to time to know if you have received your share or


not.Now contact my personal assistant in



REPUBLIC DE BENIN MR JOSEPH BUKA on my former telephone line and do send


him your contact address where you want the cheque to be sent to you. The phone numbers, which you


will reach my personal assistant once again, is +229-97374065. His


e-mail address:(joseph_buka2005@yahoo.com)



Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy together after all the suffering at that



time. In the moment, Im very busy here in chile because of the investment projects, which the new partner


and I are having at hand. So feel free to get in touch with MR DANIEL SARAKI to


send the cheque to you without any delay.



With My Best Regards,


DR CHISOM IWENE

- chisom iwene

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