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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +22997601390 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • barr_martinkume@yahoo.fr
  • barr_martinkume1@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: martinkume101@microcamp.com.br
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 08:49:49 -0300
Subject: DEAR SIR/MADAM Plane Crash Trust/Confidential proposal,




MARTINKUME CHAMBERS SOLICITORS & LEGAL ADVISER RUE7 COTONUO,BENIN
REPUBLIC.EMail:barr_martinkum@yahoo.frTEL:+229-97601390
ATTN:SIR/MADAM, I AM BARRISTER MARTIN KUME, A SOLICITOR AT LAW. I AM THE
PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO MY CLIENT, A NATIONAL OF YOUR COUNTRY, WHO WAS A
CONTRACTOR HERE IN BENIN REPUBLIC, HERE IN AFTER SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS MY
CLIENT.  ON THE 26TH OF DECEMBER 2002, MY CLIENT, HIS WIFE AND THEIR
THREE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN A PLANE CRASH OF UNION TRANSPORT AFRICAINS
FLIGHT BOEING 727 IN COTONUO BENIN REPUBLIC. ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE PLANE
UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIFE.





YOU WILL READ MORE STORIES ABOUT THE CRASH ON VISITING THIS WEBSITE:
(www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/)





SINCE THEN I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES TO THEIR EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY OF
HIS RELATIVE BUT ALL MY EFFORT PROVE ABORTIVE. AFTER THESE SEVERAL
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, I DECIDED TO TRACT ANY FOREIGNER OVER THE INTERNET; TO
LOCATE ANY MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY HENCE I CONTACTED YOU.  I HAVE CONTACTED
YOU TO ASSIST IN REPATRIATING THE MONEY AND PROPERTY LEFT BEHIND BY MY CLIENT
BEFORE THEY GET CONFISCATED OR DECLARED UNSERVICEABLE BY THE BANK WHERE THESE
HUGE DEPOSITS WHERE LODGED. PARTICULARLY THE BANK WHERE THE DECEASED HAD AN
ACCOUNT VALUED AT ABOUT FOUR MILLION USD DOLLARS [USD 4,000,000.00] HAS
ISSUED ME A NOTICE TO PROVIDE THE NEXT OF KIN OR HAVE THE ACCOUNT CONFISCATED
WITHIN THE NEXT 30 OFFICIAL WORKING DAYS. SINCE I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL
IN THE RELATIVES FOR OVER FIVE YEARS NOW I SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU
AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO CLAIM THE FUND, AS A FOREIGNER TO STAND IN AS THE NEXT
OF KIN TO MY CLIENT, SO THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THIS ACCOUNT VALUED AT USD
4,000,000.00 CAN BE PAID TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OF MY CLIENT, THEN YOU AND
I WILL SHARE THE FUND.  I HAVE RESOLVED THAT YOU AS MY ASSISTANT WILL
COLLECT 20% OF THE TOTAL FUND; I WILL COLLECT 70% OF THE FUND AND 10% SET
ASIDE FOR EXPENSES CONTINGENCY.  I WILL GIVE YOU ALL NECESSARY LEGAL
DOCUMENTS THAT CAN BE USED TO BACK UP ANY CLAIMS WE MAY MAKE. ALL I REQUIRE
IS YOUR HONESTY AND TRUTH TO ENABLE US SEEING THIS DEAL THROUGH.  I WILL
LIKE YOU TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATELY YOUR FULL NAMES AND ADDRESS, PRIVATE
TELEPHONE, FAX NUMBERS, AND YOUR BANKING PARTICULARS E.G. YOUR ACCOUNT
NUMBER, BENEFICIARY OF THE ACCOUNT AND THE ADDRESS OF THE BANK FOR SUBMISSION
TO THE BANK FOR IMMEDIATE APPROVAL OF THE FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE NEXT
OF KIN TO MY CLIENT.  I GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A
LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW.
 UPON YOUR RESPONSES, I SHALL THEN PROVIDE YOU WITH MORE DETAILS AND
RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT WILL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE TRANSACTION.
 PLEASE OBSERVE UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY, AND BE REST ASSURED THAT THIS
TRANSACTION WOULD BE MOST PROFITABLE FOR BOTH OF US BECAUSE I SHALL REQUIRE
YOUR ASSISTANCE TO INVEST MY SHARE IN YOUR COUNTRY.  AWAITING YOUR
URGENT REPLY VIA MY EMAIL ABOVE OR MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL:
barr_martinkume@yahoo.fr,barr_martinkume1@yahoo.fr, OR CALL ME ON PHONE:
+229-97601390.





THANKS AND REGARDS





BARR,MARTIN KUME.


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Microcamp

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