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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:
  • "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.
  • chidike1@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "chidike " <chidike78@rediffmail.com>
Date: 18 Nov 2006 17:05:20 -0000
Subject: URGENT FUND TRANSFER


FROM MR.CHIDIKE UBAH 12 / 13 AKPAKPA ABAYOMI COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN. PHONE : 22995525618
My dear good friend , I am Mr.Chidike Ubah, an accountant with one of the reputable bank in Cotonou {A.D.B}I am also an accounts officer to late J. Duncan) a national of your country, who was a contractor with Shell Development Company in Cotonou. On the 1st of Sept. 2004, Mr.Duncan, his wife and their two Children were involved in a car accident along Porto-Novo express road.
All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then we have been trying to locate any of Mr.Duncan \'s extended relatives, but this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you for a deal over the fund he left behid.I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by Mr.Duncan before they get confiscated and declared unserviceable by my bank.
Since we have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over a year now. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have similar Last name with Mr.Duncan so that the proceeds of this account valued at $6.5million Dollars can be paid to you and then you and me will share the money.60% to me and 40% for you.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. As soon as I hear from you I will detail you on the process of the transaction.Relpy through this my private e-mail add: chidike1@myway.com
Regards, MR CHIDIKE UBAH

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