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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:
  • "million united states 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)
  • "federal republic of benin" (Benin, Cameroon, etc. are no Federal Republics, unlike Nigeria where this type of scam was invented)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +22993893927 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Kamal Kemas" <stnbk_deptof20@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <executiveicon@hotmail.fr>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:51:32 +0100
Subject: THIS WILL BASE ON YOUR TRUST



FROM MR.KAMAL KEMASDIRECTOR AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNITFOREIGN OPERATION DEPARTMENTSTANBIC CREDIT BANK.BENIN REPUBLIC
ATTN:
Pleasure writting to you, I am Mr.Kamal Kemas ,the director incharge of auditing and accounting unit inforeign operations department of Stanbic Credit BANK herein Porto Novo Benin Rep. I and my colleagues deem it fit to contact you regarding to a international fund transfer.

We discovered the sum of twenty two million United States Dollars (USD4.2M) belonging to a deceased customer of this bank who happens to be a German citizen.
The fund has been lying in a suspence account without anybody coming to put claim over the money since the account owner died in a gasly motor accident with his family in Accra Ghana two years ago.

The said fund is now ready for transfer to a foriegn account whose owner will be portrayed as thebeneficiary and next of kin to the deceased customer of the bank.
The foriegn account owner will impost himself as the next of kin to the deceased and respond positivelylike a true next of kin who wishes to speed up the release and transfer of his inherited money.

The over due fund if not claimed by the end of nextquarter, the government of the Federal Republic of Benin will take over the ownership of the fund in line with the Federal Edict Act of 1979.

We do not want the government to take over the ownership of this money, that is why I contacted youfor us to do the deal together, so that we will portray you as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased who is by name Mr. Adolf Sterr.If you accept to carry out this project with us, wewill offer you 25% of the total sum, while I and my colleagues will take 75% of the total sum.

Upon your acceptance to do this deal with us, we will jointly effect the transfer within eight working days. Be rest assured, this transaction carries no risk andno extra responssibilities on your part, except the above mentioned roles and normally you will be required to maintain absolute information and absolute secrecy throughout the duration of this transaction,
because discussing it with a third party might jeopardise the entire transaction.
I am looking forward to receiving your interesting reply on this project as that will greatly enrich the both of us.
Best Regards,



Mr.Kamal Kemas
Privet telephone
00229 93893927
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