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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• 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.
  • stangb@mail.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3astangb@mail.ru

Fraud email example:

From: "Martins Duru" <martinduru@unimail.mn>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:47:57 -0700
Subject: CONTACT MR.STANLEY FOR YOUR COMPENSATION DRAFT.


My good friend.

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? I hope this
mail meets you in a perfect condition. You may not understand why this mail
came to you. But if you do not remember me, you might have receive an email
from me in the past regarding a multi-million-dollar business proposal which
we never concluded.

I am using this opportunity to inform you that this business has been
concluded with another person who financed it to a logical conclusion. I
thank you for your great effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into your
account due to one reason or the other best known to you.

But I want to inform you that I have successfully transferred the fund out
of my bank to my new partner's account in London that was capable of
assisting me in this great venture.
Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trustworthiness you showed during
the course of the transaction. Subsequently, I had to inform you that I have
raised and signed an International Cashier's Bank Draft the sum of
(us$1.700,000.00), as COMPENSATION to you and I kept it with my account
officer Mr. Stanley Ogbon in African Development Bank in Cotonou, Benin
Republic.
At the moment, I'm very busy here because of the investment projects, which
the new partner and I are having at hand. Please I will like you to accept
this with good faith, Also contact Mr. Stanley Ogbon, so that he will send
the draft to you without any delay and make sure that he register the draft
in a very good courier company, hope i have tried for you.

Give him this code555? That is my instruction.
CONTACT: Mr. Stanley
ADDRESS: Avenidasanto
23, 28004 Cotonou-Benin
REPUBLIC DU BENIN
EMAIL:stangb@mail.ru <EMAIL%3Astangb@mail.ru>
Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number/your
address where you want him to send the draft to you.
Thanks and God bless you and your family.
Yours Sincerely
Dr.Duru Martins.

Anti-fraud resources:

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