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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 advice you " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +22995960761 (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.
  • georgemartinsservice@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: wilson kelvin <wilsonkelvin7@hotmail.fr>
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 12:12:58 +0200
Subject: My Appreciation Letter,



My Appreciation Letter, It's my pleasure this day to inform you that after waiting for so many times to hear from you on the business proposal i introduce to you it seem abortive then i decided to look for another pertner that i will issure the trust the business opportunity to and may God be the glory that he letter gave me one,I am very happy to inform you that today i have succederd in transfering the funds under the cooperation of a new partner from Belgium.Presently I'm in India for investment projects with my partner. Although,i didn't forget your past effort ,atlist you made attempts to assist in the transation but it failed us some how due to missunderstanding,In appreciation of your assistance I have mapped out Us$800,000 International Bank Draft as a compensation to you and it was wrote on your behalf to show you that is good to be good. Now contact my secretary in Benin republic, George Martins on his e-mail address ( georgemartinsservice@yahoo.fr ) ask him to send you the total of $800,000 which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in the transfer.Bear in mind that the money is in draft,not cash, so you need to send to him your full name and address where the draft will be delivered to you,inculding your cell phone number.I appreciated your efforts at that time very much and i will advice you as well to try to be good that God must see you throw in all your been doing ok. So feel free to get in touched with my secretary George Martins or call him on his cell phone number +22995960761 and furnish him with the informations that i told you to enable him send the Bank Draft to you without any delay. In the moment,I'm very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand.Finally, bear in mind that I hadforwarded instruction to my secretary to mail the draft to you once receipt of the above information.Here is his email address again( georgemartinsservice@yahoo.fr ). Regards,Dr.Moko.
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