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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 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.
  • richjumah@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Richard Jumah" <rich_jumah@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: richdjumah@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:13:58 +0000
Subject: Your reply is needed.

Good day to you.

I am Mr.Richard Jumah the director in charge of Auditing and Accounting
section of Benop Bank Benin in West Africa,and also a special account
officer of Mr. Abir Abed, a Lebanese. He was a Seasoned Contractor with
Benin Cement Company in Benin Republic., who unfortunately died in the plane
crash of Union Transport Africaines Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou, Benin
republic on the december 26,2003.

You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this website:
http://www.seacoastonline.com/2003news/12262003/world/67287.htm
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/031226/2003122605.html

Before his death on the 26th December 2003, Mr. Abir Abed has a fixed
deposit account with the bank and no other person knows about this account
or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me that his supposed next of kin died along with him
in the crash. Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my
clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you. I contacted you to
assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank.

Consequently, Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for
over 5 weeks now. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$8.9 million
can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money. 70% to me and
30% to you.I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up
any claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable
us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. All
documents of transaction will be destroyed immediately we receive this money
leaving no trace to any place.

If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly email your following
information to me:

a.Complete names
b.Private telephone number
c.Private fax number
d.Private email

Until you write,have a nice day and God bless. You cal also contact me at
richjumah@yahoo.fr

Sincerely,
Richard Jumah.

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