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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 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.
  • jodavide01@walla.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "joshdavidee@terra.es" <joshdavidee@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:01:58 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Hello, Reply as soon as possible.


Hello, =20
=20
Please take your time to read this message; although we have never met befo=
re, this is no spam. It's a real message sent to you. I know also that you=
will be amazed at the level of trust that I am willing to place in a perso=
n that I have never seen nor spoken with. My name is Joshua David, I had a=
heart operation on the 23-11-2008 and the Doctors have just informed me th=
at I can not live longer; I had a serious bleeding after the operation. I h=
ave decided to release the sum of $2.970.000.00 (Two million Nine Hundred a=
nd seventy Thousand US DOLLARS) deposited with my Bank; I want you to use t=
hese amount to make the world a better place for the poor and less privileg=
ed, help the needy and also help your family members. I have no child, no w=
ife, and no family; lost my whole family to a fatal accident in London.=20
=20
I have no other option as my days are short. This is no joke. It's true we =
don't receive emails like this everyday, today is different so it's time fo=
r "REAL CHANGE" I would turn 77 years a day after tomorrow. I took this dec=
ision because I was raised in an Orphanage and presently, I'm hospitalized =
at Benin Saint Luke hospital, where I am undergoing treatment. I was raised=
in in an Orphanage so my wife too, I don't have any relatives. That=E2=80=
=99s why I have decided to contact you so that you can make good use of the=
money which I willed to you. Everyone around me here is just waiting for m=
e to die, they all want my money and nothing else. I hate evil minded peopl=
e and that=E2=80=99s why I want you to now contact my bank manager:
=20
Contact name: David Anthony.=20
Email address: davanth101@8u8.com
Office address: Rue 131 Saint Rita, Cotonou Benin Republic.
=20
He will direct you on what to do to receive funds immediately; I have passe=
d on my instructions to him so feel free to contact him. Please make sure y=
ou contact my bank manager, he is the only one that can respond to you in d=
ue time. I wish you the very best in life. Always pray for my soul to rest =
in perfect peace, I would be a very happy man even in death if you use thes=
e funds for Good work to help humanity. I am 77 years old now and was good =
to everyone... I would want you to Email me at: jodavide01@walla.com pleas=
e assure me that you would help me carry on the good work.=20
=20
Joshua David.
NB: Do not fail to contact my bank manager, because I might not be able to =
respond to your email in due time because of my ill health.





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