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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • +22993238673 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Beko Armstrong" <armstrong356@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:37:45 +0530
Subject: RE: INHERITANCE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,call me ASAP Tel: +229-93-238-673


Dear VICTIMNAME,

Thanks for your mail just received the contents well noted and understood. I
equally appreciate your willingness to be of assistance to me in this
transaction of magnitude, which of course is going to be of immense benefit
to both of us upon its actualization. Kindly treat this with utmost
confidentiality!!!

Obviously, series of investigations conducted reviled that his name and that
of his wife appeared in the airline manifestos of the first aircraft that
crashed into the World Trade Centre on that faithful day. Before this
incident he was the Chairman/CEO of GOLD ARK (SARL) COMPANY and an
international gold merchant.

I wish to assure you that with my position here as a senior staff of this
bank, this project is 100% risk free because I will use my position as an
inmate to monitor and perfect all logistics as may be required. However, the
success here depends on your level of co-operation that is if you can adhere
to my advice and instructions without derailing.

Secondly, I would like you to assure me that you will not seat on this fund
when it finally gets into your account overseas. This is very necessary as I
would not wish to experience and form betrayal.

In case you wish to know more about me, I am married with two daughters and
a son in the university, I am 56 years and I have worked as a banker for
20yrs. In my next mail, I shall send to you a copy of my international
passport and staff identity card if you wish just to let you know this is
genuine and authentic. You shall be entitled to 20% of the total sum as your
own rightful share.

Assuredly, we can actualize this goal with 14 bank working days, if you can
guarantee your maximum co-operation.

I shall let you other details upon your reply.

Thanks and best regards to you and family.

Dr. Beko Armstrong
Tel: +229-93-238-673

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