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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:
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • authur_raymond41@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "authurraymond00@terra.es" <authurraymond00@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 01:53:33 +0100 (MET)
Subject: From: MR. AUTHUR RAYMOND.



From: MR. AUTHUR RAYMOND.
Regional Manager
Auditting/Accounting Unit.
EcoBank Plc Benin.
Reply to:authur_raymond41@excite.com

Attn: Dear ,

I am 45 years of age and married with 2 lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE , I only hope we can assist each other in this lucrative business. I am the regional Manager Auditting and Accounting Unit EcoBank Benin, in the Greater Cotonou Region of Benin.

If you don't want this business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you again. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of our families. As the Regional Manager Auditting and Accounting Unit of the EcoBank, it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city Porto-Novo at the end of each quarter.

I discovered there was an aboundand sum of Eleven Million one hundred and eighty three thousand United States Dollars USD$11,183,000.00 in my branch having none to claim as partner or next of kin as I receive signal that the depositor ENGR. MOHAMMED SALEH IBRAHIM, Nationality of Pakistan died alongside with his family.

The funds has been placed in SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary which the funds will transfered to anybody that apply to the bank as the next of kin. As a political appiontee of the bank, I can not be directly connected to this money, so this informed my contacting you for us to work together so you can assist receive this funds into your bank account for our SHARING and INVESTMENTS, if i may advise. While you will have 30% of the total fund for your maturity and kindess.

Note there are practically no risk involved as i will give you some vital documents relating to the account of deceased ENGR. MOHAMMED SALEH IBRAHIM for authenticity as the same in our computer vetting system of the bank, it will be bank to bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the next of kin of this fund deposited with our branch,so that my Head office can order the release and transfer of funds to your designated bank account which you will provide.

If you accept this offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very much. As soon as I receive your response I will prepare a TEXT OF APPLICATION which you forward to the bank as partner and next of kin to the deceased. But keep letter private and confidential.



Best regards,
MR. AUTHUR RAYMOND.
Reply to:authur_raymond41@excite.com






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