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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: danielwestler@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:34:51 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=20=20INVESTMENT?=

INVESTMENT

Please accept my sincere apologizes if my email does not meet your business
or personal ethics,I will first introduce myself as MR DANIEL WEST,a staff
in the Private Clients Section of a well-known bank,here in Cotonou, Benin
Republic.
One of our accounts, with holding balance of (US18million ) has been dormant
and last operated four years ago, From my investigations and confirmation,
the owner of the said account, a foreigner by name John Shumejda died on
the 4th of January 2002 in a plane crash in Birmingham. you can view this
CNN website

www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/01/04/england.plane/for

Since then, nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this money,
as he has no family member that has any knowledge as to the existence of
either the account or the funds; and also Information from the National
Immigration also states that he was single on entry into the Benin Rep.


I have confidently discussed this issue with some of the bank officials
and we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with. We therefore
propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin of these
funds from the deceased and funds released to you after necessary processes
have been followed.
This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is legitimate
and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other
illegal act. On your interest, let me hear from you.



MR DANIEL WEST
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specified addressee. If you are not the named addressee you should not
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message,which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. Please note
that we reserve the right to monitor and read any emails sent and received

under the telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice)(Interception of

Communications) Regulations 2000

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