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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "hundred thousand us dollars" (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)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +22997987682 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: george ziegan <georgeziegan_003@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <georgeziegan1998@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:28:24 +0100
Subject: From Dr.George Ziegan





From Dr.George Ziegan.

Hello My Dear,

Is my Pleasure writing to you at this moment of the day, I am
Dr.George Ziegan, the Director in charge of Auditing and Accounting Unit Continental Bank in Cotonou-Benin Republic. I and my colleague deem it fit to contact you regarding to a transaction that will favour both of us at the end.
We discovered the sum of Seventeen Million Five Hundred thousand US Dollars ($17.5M) belonging to a deceased customer of this bank. The money has been lying in a suspence account without anybody coming to put claim over the money since the account owner from lebanon, was involved in December 25th 2003 plane crash in Benin.

You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this website: www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/

On further investigation, We discovered that he did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in this Bank.

This sum of Seventeen Million Five Hundred thousand US Dollars is still lying in this Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it.

According to Benin banking Law, in line with the Federal Edict Act of 1979. At the expiration of 4(Four)years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Benin Government if nobody applies to claim the money.

Consequently my proposal is that, we want you to act as next of kin to the deceased customer, so that the fruits of this old man labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials here in Benin. If you accept to carry out this project with us, We will share the money in the ratio of 70% for us and 30% for you.

Upon your acceptance to do this deal with us, we will jointly effect the transfer within 5-7 working days. Be rest assured that, this transaction carries no risk and no extra responsibilities on your part, except the above mentioned roles and normally you will be required to maintain absolute information and absolute secrecy throughout the duration of this transaction, because discussing it with a third party might jeopardise the entire transaction.

I am looking forward to receiving your interesting response on this project as this will greatly enrich the both of us at the end.

For voice talk, you should contact me as soon as you receive this proposition on my private telephone number .


Private telepone:+229-9798 7682
Thanks for your understanding,
Dr.George Ziegan.
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