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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:
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • kamara_sankoh@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Kamara Sankoh <kamara321sankoh@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: kamarasankoh@aol.co.uk
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:56:16 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: I will appreciate your effort !!!


Dear Sir,

Confidential Business

Proposal Having consulted with my colleagues and based on the information
gathered from the Cotonou Benin Chambers Of Commerce And Industry,
I have the privilege to request your assistance to transfer the sum of $10.500,000.00
(Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) into your accounts.
The above sum resulted from an over-invoiced contract, executed, commissioned
and paid for about five years (5) ago by a foreign contractor. This action was
however intentional and since then the fund has been in a suspense account
at The Eco Bank of Africa Cotonou Benin.

We are now ready to transfer the fund overseas and that is where you come in.
It is important to inform you that as civil servants, we are forbidden to operate
a foreign account; that is why we require your assistance. The total sum will be
shared as follows:
70% for us,
25% for you
5% for local and international expenses incidental to the transfer.
The transfer is risk free on both sides. I am a Manager in the Bank here in Cotonou,
West Africa.. so if you find this proposal acceptable, we shall require the following documents:
(A)Your banker's name, address, telephone , fax numbers and Account details.
(B)Your private telephone and fax numbers — for confidentiality and easy communication.
Alternatively we will furnish you with the text of application form which you
have to fill and send to the bank for the processing of the fund into your account.along
with a breakdown explaining, comprehensively what we require of you.

The business will take us Ten (10) working days to accomplish .
Please reply urgently.

Best Regard,
Mr. Kamara Sankoh
E-mail: kamara_sankoh@yahoo.fr




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