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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)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • jamesbamgu2007@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: james bamgu <james002bamgu@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <jamesbamgu2007@yahoo.de>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:55:20 +0100
Subject: MY DEAR GOOD FRIEND HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU




FROM THE DESK OF JAMES BAMGURA (GEN MANAGER)CONTINENTAL BANK
REPUBLIC OF BENIN COTONUO-WEST AFRICA.

DEAR FRIEND,

I am JAMES BAMGURA a general manager of CONTINENTAL BANK benin, in the file/computer deptment. I got your contact through an internet business proposal so i decide to contact you on this business opportunity.In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of 5M US dollars (FIVE Million US dollars) . In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer Mr. Simons Bob, from mississippi who died along with his entire family on 25th December 2003 in a plane crash.

VIEW THE WEB SITE ON CRASH
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html

Since we got information about his death, I have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because the management cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately i learnt that all his family died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.Since you are a foreigner too, and you have the same surname with this deceased customer, you can easyly make this deal with me,I will assist you locate an ATTORNEY who will assist you get every proof document which will help you to execut this business.It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this businness proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I dont want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Beninois cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.I agree that 40 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses incured during the business and 50 % would be for me. There after I will visit your country for disbursement accoding to the percentages indicated.

Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged,you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted .

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer .

Mail to private address jamesbamgu2007@yahoo.de

I look forward to hearing from you immediately.

Yours Faithfully,Mr .James Bamgura
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