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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:
  • "headquater" (this email uses bad English)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cheques " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" 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.
  • henryobinnanwaoha@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ali_1123@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 19:25:08 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?now=20contact=20Mr=2EHenry=2E?=

Happy day ,

Compliments of the season to you. How is life generally?.I hope you are
in sound health like myself here in Cuba.

I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting the funds
transferred under the co-operation of a new partner from Cuba.


Presently I'm in the Republic of Cuba for investment projects with my
own share of the total sum. Meanwhile,I didn't forget your past efforts
and
attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it
failed us some how.

Now contact the bank manager of Financial bank
Benin(Cotonou-headquaters) in the Republic of Benin,his name is Mr Henry
Obinna Nwaoha and his contact informations are as follows:

Address: 770 zone d'Ambassade Cotonou-Benin.

Tel: (00229) 93703155.

E-mail address: henryobinnanwaoha@yahoo.com


Ask him to send you the total sum of( $450,000) four hundred and fifty
thousand u.s dollars which I kept for you.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get
in-touch with the manager and instruct him where to send the amount to
you.
The money were in three certified draft cheques which I have signed for
you before I left to Cuba, you should use part of the fund to assist
orphanage homes,after you should make use of the remaining funds as your
own.


Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
the joys after all the sufferness at that time, in the moment I am very
busy here because of some investment projects which me and the new partner
are having at hands.

Finally,remember that I had forwarded instructions to the manager on
your behalf to receive that money.

Note:Don't fail to send a copy of this letter to Mr Henry so that he will
be sure that I am the person whom directs you to him,in order to avoid
frauds.

Just confirm the following informations to the manager.

1.Your full name&Address:.............................

2.Your private telephone number:......................

Regards,
Ali Ibrahim.






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