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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.
  • dramahuogodfrey@netcourrier.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ecowasinfo055 <ecowasinfo055@gadball.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:30:43 -0700
Subject: Your Fund Transact Number 6334819733




Value attention ,
REF/ 187E- WFI-AABB $1.900,000 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 One Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars
from this payment exercise and the payment has since being effected
through a new secure systemfor making fast confirmed payments, the
money is in an escrow 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 cash immediate
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 Dr Godfrey Amahuo at his email address of
(dramahuogodfrey@netcourrier.com)   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 Dr Godfrey Amahuo 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: -----
Telephone number------
Recipient's E-mail------
Your transact number are: 6334819733
Sender   : West African Monetary Institution.
Transact amount : $1.900, 000.00
Transfer date  : 14-09-2007
Expected arrival date   :17-09-2007.

Finally be inform that your funds are fully free of any liens or
encumbrances and are clean, clear and non-criminal origin and are
available to 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,
 
Nancy Chukukadibia

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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