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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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +22997865172 (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.
  • mrjameswilliams1968@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3bmrjameswilliams1968@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr James Williams" <mrjamwill3@mobimail.mn>
Reply-To: mrjameswilliams1968@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 18:25:24 +0200
Subject: PLEASE YOUR URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED


FROM: THE DESK OF MR JAMES WILLIAMS
ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING DEPT MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)COTONOU,
REPUBLIC OF BENIN,WEST AFRICA.
BANK WEBSITE:www.bkofafrica.net
PRIVATE PHONE;+229-97-86-51-72
PRIVATE EMAIL;mrjameswilliams1968@yahoo.fr<EMAIL%3Bmrjameswilliams1968@yahoo.fr>



Dear Comrade, PLEASE YOUR URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED

How are you today? Hope all is well. Please be informed that I have decided
to contact you for a fund transfer transaction worth the sum of
US$15.000.000 into your reliable bank account as the sole NEXT-OF-KIN to the
foreign deceased customer of our bank (an International Billionaire French
Business man) who was killed with his entire family by PLANE-CRASH in
Central England atmost 4 years ago. Since his death occured, no body have
show up as his next of kin for the claim because the account is untraceable.
Upon the investigation I carried out from his records, I found out that his
foreign business consultant who would have trace the account died earlier
before the deceased. Therefore, this is a confidential and sealed deal.

For the success of this transaction, you should apply and act as the only
existing NEXT-OF-KIN to the deceased which our bank will replace the
deceased account information through proper documentation in position of
your own account. This transaction is risk-free, it will never harm your
good reputation in your society because no one can trace the account, and on
the instant of the transfer of the fund into your account, the chapter of
this transaction will be closed entirely.

Note that in a business of this nature, the bank dont want to know your
difference between the deceased country, religion or believe because our
bank inheritance law is against that. So, it is a preference for us achieve
this success without any problem.



Please note down that once the fund get transferred into your account,I and
you agree that 35% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner,in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 5% will be set aside for
expenses incurred during the business and 60% will be for me and my
colleague.There after I will visit your country for disbursment according to
the percentages indicated.

I need your urgent response and include your private telephone/mobile
numbers for easy communication.Please reply if you can be trusted in this
deal.
Thanks,

Best Regards
Mr.James Williams.

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