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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:
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +22997598772 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: zanvo jules <zanvojules10@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <zanvojules20@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:20:04 +0100
Subject: Good Day,



MR ZANVO JULESAUDIT AND ACCOUNTS UNIT,AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ,COTONU,REPUBLIC OF BENINWEST AFRICAMY NUMBER IS 00229-97598772 Good Day, With due respect,I am mr.ZANVO JULES,the director incharge of audit and accounts unit,foreign remittancedept. of the AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANKADB),COTONOU,REPUBLIC OF BENIN IN WEST AFRICA. Idecided to contact you for a beneficial and risk-freebusiness transaction. During our auditing and investigations in this bank,mydepartment came across the sum of FIFTEEN MILLION,FIVEHUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS(US$15,520,000.00)only belonging to an internationalbusiness man who died along with his family on the31st October 1999 in a plane crash,in an Egyptianairline(Egypt - Air- 990) with other passengers onboard.You can confirm this from the website belowwhich was published byCNN.http:(//www.cnn.com/2002/US/03/21/ntsb.egypt.air/index.html)OR(www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200111/langewiesche) Before our discovery of this development,there was notrace of claim from any person as the fund remainsdormant in his account with this bank.Although I keepthis information secret whitin my jurisdiction toenable us put claims and transfer the said amountthrough a trustworthy friend overseas whom we shallindirectly present to the bank as the bonafidenext-of-kin to the deceased for a profitable andsuccessful transaction - Because after six years themoney will be called back to the bank's treasuryaccount as unclaimed bills and the money sharedamongst the directors of the bank. So it is on thisnote i decided to seek for whom his name shall be usedas the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds ratherthan allow the bank directors to share this moneyamongst them at the end of the year. Meanwhile, all the arrangments to put claims as thebonafide next-of-kin to the deceased,to get therequired approval and transfer of this money to aforeign account has been put in place. The directives and the needed information will berelayed to you as soon as you indicate your intrestand willingness.Infact, we could have done this alonebut because as civil servants we are not legallyallowed to operate foreign account and it wouldeventually raise an eyebrow on our side during thetime of transfer because we are staff of the bank. These are the actual reasons why it requires asecond-fellow who will forward claims by our indirectsupport as the bonafide next-of-kin.And also present aforeign bank account(Old or New account)where themoney will be re-transfered into. On conclusion of this transaction, you will beentitled to 30% of the total sum as gratification, 5%of the total sum will be set aside forcontingency,while 65% will be for me and my partnershere. Please you have been advised to keep top secretas we are still in service and intend to retire fromservice after we conclude this with you.I will be monitoring the whole situation here in thisbank until you confirm the money in your account,Ithen come down to your country for subsequent sharingof the fund according to the percentages indicatedabove, and for investment with your advice . All othernecessary information will be sent to you when ireceive an email Pls.Yours Sincerely,ZANVO JULES
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