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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.
• 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.
  • +22993608181 (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.
  • westfargobenin@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mrs_saad@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:04:38 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?THANKS=20FOR=20YOUR=20EFFORT?=

Hello My good friend,

How are you doing? I hope all is well?

Well, i want to let you know that i have succeded in getting my money tansfered
abroad, and right now, i am in the country where i am investing my money.

Pleas my dear, Just bear with me and take this token chaque of 500 thousand
dollars, for all the effort you made to see that you help to tansfer this
fund, even though we didnt succed due to one thing or the other, right now,
i am busy with my project.

I dposited the money with a bank in My country Benin Republic. The Bank
name is WESTFARGO BANK

So try and contact them,with this email==== westfargobenin@myway.com


DIRECTOR NAME IS MR NATHAN SMART
PHONE NUMBER ======== 00229 93 60 81 81

Try and contact them, i have paid for the courrier service to deliver it
to you.with your full contact address.

Thanks.

Mrs Fatima Saad

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