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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:
  • "dear friend" (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.
  • steve_charpman1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "steve charp" <mr_steve_charpman9@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: steve_charpman1@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:44:08 +0000
Subject: ASSIST ME PLEASE(do not delete)


MR,STEVEN CHARPMAN,
DIRECTOR INCHARGE OF,
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,
ECOWAS BANK IN COTTONOU,
BENIN-REPULBIC OF,
WEST AFRICA.

My Dear Friend,

lt is my great pleasure in writting you this letter on behalf
of my colleagues.I got your information through our chambers
of commerce and industry here in Benin, i decided to contact you
based on the fact that you will be honest with me for this urgent
transaction which is 100%risk free.

I AM MR STEVEN CHARPMAN, the director incharge of auditing and accounting
Unit of ECOWAS BANK in Cotonou-Benin Republic. In our Bank,we discovered
the sum of Fifteen million United States Dollars (USD15M) 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 money
since the account owner late Dr.KHIDIR HUSSAIN. from lebanon,
who was involved in the December 25th Benin plane crash.

Since we got the information about his death,we have been expecting
his Next of Kin to come over and claim this money because it cannot
release unless somebody applies for it as Next of Kin or relation
to the deceased, as indicated in our company guideline unfortunately
we learnt that all his supposed Next of Kin or relations died along
with him at the plane crash leaving nobody with the knowledgen of
this money behind for the claim.

The said fund is now ready for transfer to a foriegn account whose
owner will be portrayed as the beneficiary and next of kin to the
deceased whose name is Dr. Khidir Hussain .

The request of a foreigner as Next of Kin in this business is
occasioned by the fact that the customerwas a foreigner and a Benin
citizen cannot stand as a Next of Kin to a foreigner.We are
optimistic that the split will be fair to everyone at the end.
Thereafter we shall visit your country for the disbursement
according to the percentages agreed to be later .

Please be honest to me. 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
10 banking working days.

Be rest assured that, this transaction carries no risk and no
extra responssibilities 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 both of us at the end.

Yours sincerely.
Mr Steven Charpman.

please contact me through my private email: steve_charpman1@yahoo.com

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