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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:
  • "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.
  • +22993013336 (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.
  • oceanic_atmdepartment@yahoo.gr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: johnmark1@freenet.de
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:35:06 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS


ATTENTION: Please ,
I have Paid the ATM OCEANIC BANK PLC BENIN the
delivery fee for the delivery of your fund ($1.5million) which has been
credited in an ATM MASTER CARD for easy and safe delivery.But the
manager of OCEANIC BANK PLC Benin told me that the ATM CARD will be
re-activated before sending it to you so that you will be able to
withdraw the whole ($1.5million) before it will expire.So i told
director of ATM OCEANIC BANK PLC BENIN PROF.MOHAMED ISAA to please help
in re-activating the card before delivering it to you, So the only fee
you will pay him is $98 re-activation charges to enable him re-activate
the card before sending it to you to avoid expiry.

Below is the needed
information to enable them re-activate and deliver your ATM MASTER CARD
to you immediately.Note: the only fee you have to pay them is $98usd
that they will use in re-activating the CARD and also indicate this code
(sc0081) when writen or calling he director, because it will prove that
you are the owner of the ATM MASTER CARD.

ATM OCEANIC BANK BENIN
REPUBLIC OF BENIN
PROFFESOR.DR. MOHAMED ISAA (DIRECTOR)
EMAIL========= (
oceanic_atmdepartment@yahoo.gr )
Telephone===== +229 9301-3336.

SEND
THE BELOW INFORMATION TO THE ATM OCEANIC BANK BENIN DIRECTOR ON THE
ABOVE INFORMATION

1.YOUR FULL
NAME______________________________
2.YOUR HOME
ADDRESS._________________________
3.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE
NUMBER_______
4.A COPY OF YOUR
PICTURE______________________
5.NATIONALITY._________________________________


Do let me know immediately you receive your ATM MASTER CARD so that we
can share the joy togerther please do not forget to indicate this
code(sc0081) to him ok.
Thanks you and Best Regard,
SIGN. MR JOHN MARK.
EXECUTIVE SECERETARY.
COTONOU-BENIN REPUBLIC.



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