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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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 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.
  • +22997898722 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • drwte1972@yahoo.ie (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: billsmith03@freenet.de
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:18:43 +0100
Subject: From Dr.West Tom Exodus.


From Dr.West Tom Exodus.
Senior Accountant/Audit Dept.
Continental Bank
Benin
CBB Cotonou.
Tel: +229 97 898 722
ReplyTo
Email:drwte1972@yahoo.ie

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Dr.West T.Exodus age
49years and presently the Senior Accountant with the Continental Bank
Benin (CBB)Republic of Benin.I have worked for about 21 years and I will
retire by january 2009 to start my own business.

Now, I need your very
kind assistance for the transfer of U.S$11.5 Million to your
account.Introduction: This money was found by our Auditors during our
mid year check and auditing of the Financial records as an over surplus
having paid all our foreign Contractors for jobs already done.

Now
there is a deceased Contractor who passed on with his family on the
December 25th Benin plane crash and has not collected his money from our
finance house, and this said money (U.S$11.5 Million) has been staying
in our vault account without next of kin.

Here is the air crash
website=
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
You
will act as the Beneficiary/Next of Kin to the deceased Contractor, and
a percentage of 30% will be your compensation for this kind assistance.


This business is safe,100% risk free and confidential. My colleagues
have trusted in me in getting a Foreign Account for the transfer of this
fund and I intend to use my own share in investing in your company, so
that after retirement I will not suffer.Send me the beneficiary\'s Name,
Address,telephone /fax number.

Reply me now, so that I can commence
the processing of the documents.
I remained Sincerely yours,
Dr.West
T.Exodus
Please reply to (drwte1972@yahoo.ie) for security
reason

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