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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:
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "million 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)
  • "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan 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.
  • kowebensonizuke@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: benson izuke <bensonizukee@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <bensonizuke@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:06:15 -0400
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP









Accra ghana. Dearest beloved one in Christ Jesus,My name is Benson izuke kowe, 19years old boy, And the only survival of my late parents Mr and Mrs izuke. My father was a highly reputable business magnet-(a cocoa merchant dealer} who operated in Accra the capital of Ghana during his days. It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in Germany during one of his business trips abroad on 12th.November 2005.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected by one of his brother who accompanied him on that Trip, But God knows the truth! My mother died when I was just 10 years old, and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my Father on November 12th 2005 he called the secretary who accompanied him to the hospital and told her that he has the sum of twenty seven million us dollars[$27.000000]left in a consignmenttrunk box, Which he deposited in one Security Company here in Accra, but the Security Company didn't know the content as money, because it was registered as family valuables personal for security reasons. And he made the secretary to understand that it was because of this wealth that makes his Brothers to be against him, That i should seek for a foreign partner abroad, who will help me to retrieved that trunk box, and shipped it direct to his or her country, and also travel along with him or her,for a valuable investment,because my life is in danger as soon as his Brothers find out about that money in the Security Company, My dear, i am just 19 years old boy and a Secondary School Level and really don't know what to do and lead to searching for a reliable foreign partner that can assist me with trust . This is because i have suffered a lot of set backs, as a result of incessant crisis here in Ghana Coop led that i have been chased out of my Fathers House, all because i don't want to tell his Brothers any thing about my Fathers Wealth. My dearest in Christ, I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards by assisting me in claiming my inheritance I want you to assist me retrieved this consignment trunk box from the Security Company Custody, and shipped through the right channel direct to your Country, And as soon as you received it, You will now make an arrangement for me to come over to your Country in other to continue my Education and also to invest that money into Bus sines relationship with you or in accordance to any of your mind suggestions, i assured you in the name of Christ that 20% of the money will be yours and the rest for us for better investment has said by my late father after the success in getting the trunk box retreivced from the security company. Please my dear, if you find this mail offensive, please ignore it and accept my apology, Thanks once again, and may God almighty bless you and your Familyin Jesus name Amen, kindly get back to me as soon as you read this message, so that i will send to you all the documents which was sign by my late Father, on the day he made this deposit, including the contact of the Security Company, so that you can contact them on how this consignment trunk box will retrieved and send direct to you in your Country but i will glad if you asist meSincerely Yours,Benson izuke kowebensonizuke@hotmail.com
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