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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:
  • "utmost confidentiality" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Douglas Obong <doug-obg@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <doug_obg@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:31:25 +0100
Subject: Your cooperation is needed



Mr.Douglas Obong
Societe Generale Bank Benin
C/4857 Akpakpa Cotonou Benin Republic

Attn;Sir,
I am Mr.Douglas Obong (Banker) Head of Auditing Societe Generale Bank of Benin West Africa States Benin .On Wednesday 19April, 2000 one Mr. Andreas Gabriele, German National, a property magnate, whom I was his accounting officer made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit, valued at$15.600.000 (Fifteen Million, Six Hundred Thousand USD) for twelve calendar months in my Bank Branch. Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered that Andreas Gabriele, 64, his wife Maria, 62, their daughter Andrea Eich, 38, her husband Christian, 57, and their children Katharina, eight, and Maximilian, 10, all perished in the jet AF4590 plane, which crashed Monday, 31 July, 2000 into the Hotelissimo.You can read more about the crash on visiting this site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
My investigation proved that he died with his supposed next of kin (the daughter Mrs.AndreaEich) in the crash. The total sum, $15.600.000 is still in my bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.

No one will ever come forward to claim it. Consequently, I shall present you to stand in as the next of kin to the late Mr. Andreas Gabriele. Consequently, upon acceptance of this proposal, I will give you detailed information on how this deal would be carried out. The money will be shared in the ratio: sixty five percent (65%) for me, thirty five percent (35%) for you.

I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law as I will use my position as the Bank's head of Auditors and his accounting officer to secure approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required. On your reply include your (1)Private telephone (2) Fax number.(3)Full name (4) Address.

Best regards,
Mr.Douglas Obong
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