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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "my names are " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +22993860209 (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.
  • barr.albertjuju@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Elizabeth Mpandel <mrseamp2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <abcpw25@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:12:39 -0600
Subject: Re: Reply asap


Dear Friend.
Good day and God bless you.
My names are Elizabeth A. Mpandel (Mrs.) a citizen of Benin Republic.I am 50 years of age and presently a widow. I am married woman with 4children but it happens that I lost my husband and 3 of my children in atrain accident that occurred in 1992, 15 years ago.
It is never my aim or motive to write you this mail seeking for anyassistance because I am comfortable with the wealth my husband leftbehind.
At the first reason of writing you this mail, the relatives of myhusband has decided to treat me bad by punishing me not minding me state asa widow, they are wicked and they purposely abandoned me just to watch me dieso that they will come and claim the wealth of my husband and beside this,they have been making plans to also kill my son Daniel Mpandel who is now 16years old and as a woman dying gradually, I can’t do anything because theproblem I am facing now with my surviving child is far beyond me.
What I am highly facing now which has always made me to think everyminute is that I was informed by my doctor (Dr. Gerald Mbou) that I have abreast cancer and a partial stroke which has become serious that very soon Imay die.
My main purpose of writing to you is to seek your assistance to stand for meas the next of kin since my son is still under age to manage the wealth hisfather left behind and also for you to take care of him because I believethat the Western World are cheerful/loving/understanding people. I prefer toappoint you to act on my behalf when I die because here in my country, Icannot guarantee or choose anybody from my country because I seethem as people that are not trustworthy and they all lack due diligence.
My late husband is a contractor with a construction company and whenhe died, I claimed the funds in his account and adding it with my ownbecause I am a lecturer in one of the Universities here, I added the totalmoney together making a total of US$5 Million in the new account I operate.
Since I no longer go to work, I have willingly given out US$1 Million to acharity home here in Benin Republic while US$2 Million for whosoever thatwill take care of my son, and the remaining US$2 Million for my child whichwill be in position of whosoever that will adopt him until he grow to thestage of handling such huge amount.
I am writing you from the hospital where I have been admitted for 8months now and I am not sure if I can go home again since my doctor hasconfirmed that I will not survive the my health condition.
For proper clarifications, I will like you to contact my lawyerBarrister Albert Juju of Equity Law Chambers concerning this issue onE-mail: barr.albertjuju@hotmail.com or his direct telephone on: +22993860209so that he can educate and advice you on how the reserved US$ 4 Million formy surviving child and your own share will be wired to your account.
Please make sure you take good care of my son and give him the best teachingof life, he is my only hope and all I have got that will represent andmaintain his father’s name.
Once again God bless you as you agree to help me of this little helpand lastly always pray for me.
Yours truly,Mrs. E. A. MpandelAddress: Qtier Jak Cotonou - Benin Republic.(In the hospital).

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