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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)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  • dropanwest55@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: office.center01@microcamp.com.br
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:40:00 -0300
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF Dr OPAN .C. WEST




FROM THE DESK OF Dr OPAN .C. WESTAUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,BANK OF
AFRICA (B.O.A)BENIN COTONOU REPUBLIC.




EMAIL /dropanwest55@yahoo.fr.




Trust/Confidential proposal




Dear Friend,




Please this is important and very urgent i have an urgent transaction of
$22.6 million usd to transfer to your nominated account, I am Dr OPAN .C.
WEST, i am an Auditor, with Accounting Department,BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) here
in Cotonu, Benin Republic.




Aftergoing through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do
not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner
of this account  unfortunately died in the plane crash of Union Transport
Africains Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou, Benin republic on the december
25,2003. You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this website
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/ No other person knows
about this account or any thing concerning it,the account has no other
beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his company does
not know anything about this account and the amount involved is (USD 22.6
MILLION) Twenty two million Six  Hunderd Thousend United States
Dollars. I want to transfer the USD 22.6 MILLION) Twenty two million
Six  Hunderd Thousend United States Dollars into a safe foreigners
account abroad , but I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as
a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local bank here, but
can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is in US
dollars and the former owner of the account is a foreigner too.  I know
that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know our selves
before,but be rest assure that this is life time business for both  of
us even for our generation to come . With believe in God that you will
never let me down in this business. You are the only person that I have
contacted in this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform
you the next step to take urgently, Send also your private telephone and fax
number . I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to
bind us together so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or
any account of your choice where the fund will be safe. I will fly to your
country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments. I am contacting you
because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign account and foreign
beneficiary.  I need your full co-operation to make this work fine
because the management is ready to approve this payment  to any
foreigner who has correct information about this account, which I will feed
you with, if you are able and with capability to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual
benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life.  I
need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistake I
need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office I
can transfer this money to any foreign reliable account, which you can
provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical
arrival in your country for sharing.  And i want to remaind you that
your share has been carculated at 35% of the total sum. I'am waiting for your
urgent reply so that i will give you more information about this deal. Please
reply back to my private email address(dropanwest55@yahoo.fr) With
regards,Dr OPAN .C. WEST.(B.O.A)


_________________________________________________________
Microcamp

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