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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:
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "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.
  • remmycb@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rmmm Rmmm" <remmybk2@mailbox.hu>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 20:11:51 +0200
Subject: I need your full trust!


Strictly confidential

I am Mr. Remmy Mega; I work in the Citi Bank Cotonou Republic of Benin, West
Africa, and packaging and courier department. I got your contact in my
search for an honest person through our Citi bank profile search. I want you
to clear this package that is already intact which will be shipped in
through our Citi bank accredited courier agent but the contents of the
package is ($22,000,000.00) belonging to our former president, but the
courier company does not know that it is his money that I have in the
package.

All I want you to do for me now is to forward to me this below information.
your full names, residential/office address,private phone/fax number,
nationality, occupation, marital status & age, and I hope that at the end of
the day, you will have 30% and 70% will be for me. If this arrangement is
okay by you, then other modalities will be discussed as soon as you get back
to me immediately you receive this mail and feel that you will assist me in
this matter, so that we can discuss on how to get the consignment of money
delivered to your address and your sincerity towards this matter. for urgent
and faster implementations of matters reply me via my private email
remmycb@hotmail.com

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Remmy Mega

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