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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • feathermartin01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "feather m" <feather_m3@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:28:56 +0100
Subject: KINDLY GET BANXCK TO ME OK.

Dearest One,

Is my Pleasure writing to you at this moment of the day, I am Mr Feather
Martin. 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 a transaction that will be of benefit 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 Fifteen Million United States Dollars
(USD15,000,000,00) 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 David Van Buskirk from San
Diego,United States of America who lost his life aboard Egypt air flight 990
which crashed into the Atlantic ocean on oct 31st 1999 (ref:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/world/americas/502503.stm)
and left no clear beneficiary as next of kin, except some vital documents
related to the deposit which is still in my possession.

The said fund is now ready for transfer to a foriegn account whose owner
will be portrayed as the 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 the inherited 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
David Van Buskirk.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 few working days.

Be rest assured that, this transaction carries no risk and no extra
responsibilities 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.

I am looking forward to receiving your interesting response on this project
as this will greatly enrich the both of us at the end.on your acceptance to
do this transaction with me this information is needed from you also reply
to me with this my email
address
feathermartin01@yahoo.com
1,TELEPHNONE
2,FAX
3,ADDRESS

Best Regard,
Mr Feather Martin

Find below my profiles:-

1.)Name :Mr Feather Martin,Banker with Continental Bank (CTB).
2.)House Address: 12 carre opotopo route,Cotonou Benin Rep.
3.)My Age : 52 Years.

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