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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)
  • "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.
  • jamessankor_777@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: sankorjames williamjames <williams777sankorjames777@hotmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:40:13 +0100
Subject: (from:mr.sankor williams)



From the Desk of: Mr. Sankor Williams, Lot. 200 AKPAKPACotonou - Rep of BeninPrivate e-mail:jamessankor_777@yahoo.ca
Dear Friend,With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings, and I hope this mail meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you, as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and immense benefit.I must apologize to you for using this medium to communicate to you about this project.I am sorry if this letter comes to you as an embarrassment but be rest Assured that it was god who make me to come accross you.I am Mr.James Sankor Williams African born Beninoir citizen I work in one of the apex bank in Benin and account officer to Late MR.ABDULAHI ISSA, a foreign nationality from Lebenon, who was a CAR DEALER .On 25th December 2003, our late customer MR.ABDULAHI ISSA was involved in a plane crash in Cotonou when he was trevelling to his country for new year holliday with his family which he lost his life with his wife and two Children.Unfortunately, since we got the information about his sudden death and the ugly incident that occurred, the management of my bank made severalenquiries no Locating any of his extended relatives who can stand as his Next of Kin to inherit an estate he left behind in our custody but all these several efforts also proved unsuccessful and yielded no Results. As his personal account officer/mentor, I also made concerted efforts aimed at locating a possible Next of Kin to my deceased client but i couldnt locate any one .What I actually want to do is to present you to my bank as a Next of Kin to thedeceased Client of mine to enable us place claims on a total sum of (US$10.000.000), he deposited in my good bank for safe keeping before his untimely death. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the stated sum he left behind before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank.This intension becomes very urgent due to the fact that the banking laws and policy here in Benin Republic stipulates and provides that if such funds remainsunclaimed for too long, that the Bank is legally empowered to freeze such accounts and the fund transferred into the Federal Reserve Account as unclaimed Fund.Recently the Central Bank For West Africa issued a notice of confiscation, as the account had remained unserviceable since 2003, I was subsequently given a mandate to find and produce any of his Next of Kin to the deceased or consider the Account frozen. Due to time constrain and the fact that I was unsuccessful in locating any relative to my Client,I then wish to seek your Consent to present you as the Next of kin to the deceased client of mine. So that theproceeds of this account valued at (US$10.000.000) can be released through you for our general benefit instead of allowing this sweat get lost in the Bank.Bear in mind that we are going to invest the money together in your country as soon as they transfer it into your nominated account all the documents that will back you as the next of kin to late MR.ABDULAHI ISSA will be furnish to you through the lawyer. And when everything is concluded our percentage will be as follows the 50% of the fund is for me why 40% is for you and 10% will be for tax and other things that will come up during the transaction. Feel free tocontact me on my private email address stated as follows : jamessankor_777@yahoo.ca to enable us commence actions on this deal instantly. Your genuine/honest cooperation is required to enable us achieve this purpose; I guarantee that the entire transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangements.God Bless You And Your Famliy. Thanks Yours truly,Mr.Sankor Williams.
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