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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:
  • "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.
  • +22993791910 (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.
  • drjohnbosco@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • adressdrjohnbosco@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: Dr John Bosco <john_bosco08@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <drjohnbosco@myway.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:54:31 +0100
Subject: Hello My Good Friend....Please Reply Back.






CONTINENTAL BANK OF BENIN
ZONE AMBASSADE AKPAKPA,
COTONOU-BENIN REP


[OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF AUDITING/ACCOUNT DEPT]


FROM DESKTOP OF DR JOHN BOSCO
CONTINENTAL BANK OF BENIN REP.AUDITING/ACCOUNTING DEPT.PRIVATE E-MAIL.....drjohnbosco@myway.com
TELEPHONE............00229-93-79-19-10ATTEN; FRIEND,IT IS MY PLEASURE WRITTING TO YOU AT THIS MOMENT OF THE DAY,ALTHOUGH WE MIGHT NOT HAVE MET BEFORE I AM DR JOHN BOSCO,I WORK WITH THE CONTINENTAL BANK,AS THE FORIEGN REMITTANCE ACCOUNTANT IN THE BANK, MR. MOHAMED MOHD, HAVE BEEN MY GOOD CLIENT AND FREIND AS REGARD KNOWING HIS ASSET IN MY BANK. MR MOHD , WHO OWN A MULTIMILLION CONSTRUCTION COMPANY HERE IN BENIN. I AM HIS ACCOUNT OFFICER IN THE BANK, SO HE IS MY CLIENT .ON THE 25TH OF DECEMBER 2003, MY CLIENT, HIS WIFE AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN A GHASTLY PLANE CRASH MY CLIENT AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE PLANE CRASH.SINCE THEN I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES TO THEIR EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY OF MY CLIENT'S EXTENDED RELATIVES, WHICH HAS PROVED ABORTIVE. AFTER THESE SEVERAL UNSUCESSFUL ATTEMPTS,THE NEED TO CONTACT YOU AROSE BASED ON THE FACT THAT YOU ARE A FOREIGNER.MY MAIN REASON FOR CONTACTING YOU IS TO ASSIST ME IN REPATRIATING THE MONEY AND PROPERTY LEFT BEHIND BY MY CLIENT BEFORE THEY ARE CONFISCATED OR DECLARED UNSERVICEABLE BY THE BANK WHERE THEY ARE DEPOSITED/LODGED. PARTICULARLY, THE CONTINENTAL BANK WHERE THE DECEASED HAS A BALANCE SUM OF $18.5M (EIGHTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) IN HIS ACCOUNT.THE BANK ISSUED A FINAL NOTICE TO ME TO PROVIDE THE NEXT OF KIN OF MY CLIENT OR THEY WILL BE LEFT WITH NO OTHER CHOICE THAN TO CONFISCATE HIS FUNDS.SINCE I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING MY CLIENT'S RELATIVES FOR THE PAST YEARS, NOW I SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OF MY CLIENT SO THAT THE FUND,THE SUM OF EIGHTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS CAN BE PAID IN YOUR NAME INSTEAD OF LEAVING IT FOR THE BAD GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO WANTS TO USE IT FOR THEIR OWN GREEDY DESIERS.I HAVE ALREADY PERFECTED EVERY UNDERGROUND WORK THAT WILL BACK UP ANY CLAIM YOU WILL MAKE. ALL THAT I REQUIRE FROM YOU IS YOUR HONEST COOPERATION AND SINCERITY TO ENABLE US SEE THIS ARRANGEMENT THROUGH.I GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU AND I FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW. PLEASE REPLY ME IF YOU CAN ASSIST .FINALLY KINDLY GIVE ME YOUR CONFIDENTAIL PHONE/FAX NUMBERS SO THAT I CAN CALL, FAX OR ATTACH A SPECIMEN OF APPLICATION WHICH YOU WILL RE-TYPE AND SUBMIT TO THE BANK AS THE BONAFIDE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED VIA E-MAIL,ALSO YOUR OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, AGE AND OCCUPATION, MARITAL STATUS.WILL BE RELEVANT IN THIS ISSUE,TO ENABLE ME PUT SOME DOCUMENTS IN YOUR FAVOUR WHICH THE BANK MIGHT REQUIRE FROM YOU, FOR PROOFS.MOREOVER YOU WILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN ABSOLUTE SECRECY OF THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION BECAUSE DICUSSING IT WITH A THIRD PARTY WILL BE DISASTROUS TO THIS TRANSACTION AND FOR THE SAKE OF MY JOB AS A DIRECTOR IN THE BANK.FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TOWARDS THIS,I HAVE RESOLVED ALREADY THAT YOU WILL GET 40% OF THE TOTAL MONEY AND I WILL HAVE 60% IMMIDIATELY THE MONEY ENTERS YOUR ACCOUNT, AND I WILL LIKE TO INVEST SOME OF MY OWN SHARE IN YOUR COUNTRY.

VIEW THIS WEBSITE :http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.htmlPLEASE DO REPLY ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE E-MAIL ADRESSdrjohnbosco@myway.com
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU RESPOND IMMIDIATELYBEST REGARDS,Dr John Bosco
00229-93-79-19-10
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