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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "transfer into your account" (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)
  • "keep it confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "my direct line" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +229 (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.
  • bevinsigeh@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Igeh Bevins <igehbevins@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:02:30 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Next of kin Needed Urgent


Dear Friend,
Thanks in advance for your Urgent response and readiness to assist me in this transaction.I am Barrister Bevins Igeh a personal attorney to Mr Jerry. Who died as a result of Heart attack. He deposited the sum of  $7.5 million united stated dollars in one of the bank here in my country. As he's daid, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin of my client. I had made several contact to get his relations to no avail and with a duration of time the bank will cease the fund as unclim fund.
 
So I was in saerch of whom to present to the bank as the next of kin so I came across you name and my client have thesame last name with you. I prayed and decieded to contact you in or to help me and trive the money than to allow the bank and the governgment of his country to inherit the fund.Furthermore, if will you help in order to presnt you as the next of kin please you have to forward  these information bellow so that I will use it to prepard some lagal documents to enable commence on the transaction .
 
Meanwhile keep it confidential untill the fund is been  transfer into your account.As soon the fund is been transfered into your acount ,you are having the 35% while 5% will be set aside for any expences the will incure on the transaction and 60% will be mine.

These below Information needed urgently.and contact me with this email bevinsigeh@yahoo.fr

First name
last name
House address
Phone number
cell number
Fax number
Office number

 While wating to hear from you because this an opportinity one will not sleep by.Here is my direct line +229  93 439 158
 
With Regards,
Hon Bevins Igeh


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