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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.
  • +22993486823 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Office Center <office_center010@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:59:11 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CONGRATULATION


DEAR LUCKY WINNER,

YOU ARE EXTREMELY LUCKY TO BE AMONG THIS YEAR LUCKY WINNER'S, DO NOTE THAT THIS A EMAIL BALLOATING WINNING PROMOTION YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY A TICKET OR PAY ANY BODY BEFORE YOU COMING A WINNER, AND THIS EXERCISE WAS POWERED BY ( IMF ) INTERNATIONAL MONITTERY FUND.

I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE MALT COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BUT I ADVICE THAT YOU STOP DREAMING AND START LIVING, YOUR WINNING IS 100% REAL AND YOU ARE ADVICE TO CONTACT THE ( SWEEPS TAKE LOTTERY ) FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND.

DO NOTE THAT I WILL FORWARD YOUR INFORMATION TO THE ( SWEEPS TAKE LOTTERY ) OFFICE RIGHT AWAY SO THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE YOUR WINNING PRIZE THERE WITHOUT HAVING PROBLEM. CONTACT LISTED BELOW

NAME .................. MR. TOBI FRANCIS
TELEPHONE .......... +229 93486823
EMAIL ............... winners@sweepsstakelottery.net

YOU CAN EASILY OBTAIN YOU WINNING PRIZE FROM THIS CONTACT ZONE, BECAUSE WE HAVE CONSULTANT ZONE ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT THIS CONTACT ZONE IS WHERE YOUR PAYMENT LOCATED.

UPDATE ME AS SOON AS YOU HAVE RECEIVE YOUR WINNING PRIZE. TILL THEN STEY BLESS AND BE GOOD.

REGARDS
MRS. SANDRA COLE


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