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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (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)
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "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.
  • issac_avep@zipmail.com.br (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: issac_avep@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:58:30 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?I=20CRAVE=20YOUR=20INDULGENCE=2E?=

From:Barrister Issac Avepozo
CARRE-168-BOCOSSI-TOKA
MISSEBO MARKET
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC
WEST AFRICA
E-MAIL :issac_avep@zipmail.com.br

Beloveth,

I am a Solicitor.I am Barrister Issac Avepozo the Personal Attorney & quo
to Mr.W.A Georgeo a national of your country, who used to work with Chrome
Oil Development Company in SEME as an Expatriate Engineer. On the 26th December2003,my
client,his wife and their three children were involved in a plane Crash.Unfortunately,they
all lost their t lives through the accident You can view this website
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/


Since then,I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of
my client & #39;s extended relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful.After
these several unsuccessful attempts, 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 in repartrating the money left behind by my client
in a Security Company in Benin Republique West Africa whether you are directly,indirectly
or not at all related to him.

Particularly, the Security Company where the deceased deposited the two
trunk boxes containing $10M (Ten Million United States Dollars Only) does
not know the content of the two trunk boxes deposited with them.Consequently,the
Security Company issued me a notice to provide the Next-of-Kin to claim
the two trunk boxes in their custody within the next ten official working
days or they will stash up the fund. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating
the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your
consent to present you as the next-of-kin of the deceased to claim the two
trunk boxes since you are from the same country and bear the same surname,so
that the two trunk boxes can be delivered to you by the security company.

Upon receipt of the two trunk boxes, I will come over to your country to
meet with you for the disbursment of the fund, and then you and me can share
the money: 65% to me and 30% to you 5% to defray any outstanding expenses.I
have all necessary legal documents that can back up any claim we may make
with the Security Company. All I require is your honest co-operation to
enable us see this deal through.I guarantee that this will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.Please
get in touch with me through the above e-mail address only E-mail=issac_avep@zipmail.com.br

Best regards
Barrister Issac Avepozo.

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