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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22993439987 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: chinedu nwanne <chinedu0077@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:18:58 +0100 (CET)
Subject: RE : Email


My Dear Madras House

I received your mail regarding the Cashier Bank Draft that my Director left here for you, Yes, He told me to keep the Cashier Bank Draft for you before he traveled out of this country for investment projects. Now that you have contact for the Bank Draft of $2.5 million dollars i have one question for you, Are you coming to pick it here yourself ? Or do you want me to send it to your through Diplomat means? I sugest that u come down here so that it will be easy for us but if you can not make it .Then u know that i will bear the cost of sending it through diplomatic service.that is the only way to mail international draft chaque here in benin rep .Incase if you are not coming yourself send your full contact information to me to enable me register for delivering. Send your,once i see you reply then i will go and check for the cost of mailing the check via diplomatic way from the global trust coreir company benin republi

CURRENT MAILING ADDRESS:.......................
HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER:..................................
OFFICE NUMBER:............................................
CELL PHONE OR MOBILE PHONE...............................
OCCUPAION..............................................
COUNTRY............................................
SEX................................................
AGE................................................
Send the information immediately if you are not coming here in person I will so that we how to
deliver the parcel to you.so that you send it if you are not coming down here in person
Thanks my phone number is +229-934-39987
MR CHINEDU



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