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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
  • "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 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.
  • mrs.helen.moyken@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: helen moyken <heleno9@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mrs.helen.moyken@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:28:57 +0200
Subject: DEAR SIR/MADAM,



DEAR SIR/MADAM,

PLEASE PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE MY SELF TO YOU, MY NAME IS MRS. HELEN MOYKEN, I AM 47 YEARS OLD, A WIDOW TO LATE MR.MOYKEN, WHO WAS A FAMOUS COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC,THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL . MY HUSBAND WAS BIG TERM DEALERS IN BUYING OF COCOA TO EXPORT,HE DIED ON HIS TRIP IN MOSCOW, ATTACKED BY ARMY ROBBER AND SHOT HIM DEAD. BEFORE GOING TO THE TRIP HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAS COLLECTED MONEY FROM A BUYER THAT PAID HIM THE BELOW PAYMENT THAT WHEN HE COMES BACK HE HAS 40,000 TONES OF COCOA TO BUY. AND I DONT WANT TO LET THE FAMILY KNOW ABOUT THIS MONEY BECAUSE THE FAMILY WILL COLLECT THE MONEY FROM ME, THIS IS WHY I AM SEEKING FOR YOUR URGENT ATTENTION TO HELP ME IN TRANSFER THE SUM OF (US$15,500,000.00 )FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE OF AMERICAN DOLLARS INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. PLEASE, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL FUND AS A MODE OF COMPENSATION FORYOUR ASSISTANCE AND TIME. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I WILL DRAW ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS RELATED TO ENHANCE THE RELEASE OF THIS FUND DEPOSITED BY MY LATE HUSBAND IN ECOBANK COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC TO YOUR GOODSELF FOR DISBUREMENTS/INVESTMENTS WITH YOU AS THE EXISTING FORIEGN ASSOCIATE TOP MY LATE HUSBAND. PLEASE DO CONTACT MY ONLY SON,IBRAHIM THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS,FOR CONFIDENTIAL AND SECURITY REASONS (mrs.helen.moyken@gmail.com)
BECAUSE I HAVE TO INVOLVE HIM ON THIS PROJECT NOTED MY REALLY REALLY BAD HEALTH CONDITION HEREWITH CAUSED BY THE SUDDEN DEATH OF MY BELOVED HUSBAND PLEASE KINDLY MAIL ME IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MY LETTER SO I CAN ADVISE IBRAHIM TO GIVE YOU MORE IMPORTANT DETAILS CONCERNING THIS FUND. AND EQUALLY SEND YOU MY REPLY. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR ME. YOURS FAITHFULLY, MRS. HELEN MOYKEN.
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