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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • dcvofficer@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: susansmith7 <susansmith7@gadball.com>
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 05:17:01 -0700
Subject: Your fund is ready for transfer


Value Attention ,



REF/ 187E- WFI-AABB $700,000 USD.



This is to inform you that it has come to the notice of West African
Monetary Institution and African Apex Banking Body through our
intelligence Monitoring complex the lose of funds by various
individuals to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the
world today.I want to
inform you that I am responsible for representing the outgoing pending
genuine contractors, next of kin /inheritance, lottery award winners
etc whose payment has been abandoned by sacked officials that
collaborate with impostors who are carrying fake portfolios with
levies misled
and misguided about the position of your fund and leave the
beneficiary half way.



May it interest you to know that you are listed and approved as one of
the beneficiaries to receive Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars from this
payment exercise and the payment has since being effected through a
newsecure system for making fast confirmed payments, the money is in
anescrow account with Overseas Credit Nominees (Benin Republic) can
only be obtained by
yourself (receiver) the account is set up under youremail address only
for your receiver of your withdrawal codes. Overseas CreditNominees
should have sent you an email by now with details such as when and
where to pick up the cash. You will receive the withdrawer's codes to
pick up
the cash at any convenient bank locate in your area. If there are no
convenient locations
near you, you can request to transfer the cashimmediate to your
destination bank account via first priority swift transfer or western
union / money gram to your end .



If you have not received any information from Overseas Credit Nominees
yet, and to view the current status of your transfer in real-time and
retransfer to your choosing financial delivery selection as the price
beneficiary, kindly contact Mrs.Jackline Dialo athis email address of
(dcvofficer@yahoo.es) Please also remember that you have to normally
bear the following predetermined expenses for the Economic Recovering
Fund ERF which amount to ($215) Only. Before this payment will reach
your end to ensure that the payment reach your hand on time through a
legal secure way with your authorize withdrawers codes without any
question.
When sending your application to Mrs.Jackline Dialo always include the
following information for scrutiny and possible consideration so that
he can accept the fee to enable him issue you the authorize
withdrawers codes
Your complete address--------
First Name------
Middle Name------
LastName------
Occupation: -----
Passport or Id
Telephone number------
Recipient's E-mail------
Your transact number are: 6334819733
Sender : West African Monetary Institution.
Transact amount : $7000, 000.00
Transfer date : 24-07-2007
Expected arrival date :28-07-2007.


Finally be inform that your funds are fully free of any liens or
encumbrances and are clean, clear and non-criminal origin and are
availableto pick, this guarantee is witness by the World Bank Group,
International Monetary Funds IMF Paris and London Club of
Creditors,EuropeanEconomic Community EEC, EFCC Africa and the envoy's
of our
correspondence international bank of settlement world wild.



Best regards,
Mrs.Susan Smith

Director Account Integration Debt Management Office Affiliated To
World Associations of Debt.Management Offices (Wadmo) Finance House,
Benin Cotonou.

Anti-fraud resources:

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