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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "federal republic of benin" (Benin is no Federal Republic, unlike Nigeria where this type of scam was invented)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: martin alberto <martin542_2alberto0@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <mart_alberto1@sify.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:38:24 +0100
Subject: Good Day



My Dear Friend,

This letter must come to you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only a day that people meet and become great friends and business partners. My name is Mr Martin Alberto , I am 55 years old. Presently Chairman Contract Awarding Implementation Unit, Sté Aid Refugee Foundation (ARF) Agency, Federal Republic of Benin. I have worked in this Agency for years and I will retire this year to start my own business. Our Agency empowered for the Provision of relief materials to all the refugee in the troubled spot here in west African sub-region, presently,we are in Cotonou, were our headquarter is situated. My dear, we have make-up our mind to contact you on this business transaction that you will act as our beneficial till the end of the transaction. My group recently agreed to transfer the sum of nineteen million, seven hundred thousand United States dollars {us$19.7 million) into a foreign account forour personal and strong business investment in future.The simple mode of operation will be just for us to apply for the release of the above stated moneyto you, your company will apply for the above amount and serve among the foreign companies that supplied Welfare materials, as we will arrange all the documented evidence of the communities and people in Liberia, Ivory Coast, Sierra-Leone,and Guinea Bissau who have benefited from the materials supplied by early last year. We have all records of purchasing orders and supplied.The materials supplied are clothing of various kinds,blankets, rice, Soya-beans, milk, sugar, salt, drugs and footwear. We will prepare an invoice to cover these materials at the cost of $19.7 million on your company's name to legalize our claim and believe you will stand firm to defend this successful actualization of this deal which is your paramountresponsibility as a foreign contractor which we make you to be. We shall forward the invoice to the Accountant General of (ARF) and get the entire approval document, which we shall as well send to you to update your records.My group is very much ready and capable of effecting the remittance of this into a well secured foreign account (individual or corporate account),owned and operated by someone who talks less and worthy of trust.Please, if you are capable of working on this project with us and you believe you are trust worthy, you should quickly get in touch through my email and also forward the under listed requirements to enable us facilitate and arrange for the immediate transfer of the fund soonest.I.Your Company names and address.2.Bank name and address3.Account number and account name4.Your telephone and fax numbers {personal/private}for easy communication. Certainly your will be rewarded with 25%of the 19.7million. We shall have 70% while 5% will be used to re-imbue both parties for the expenses incurred inthe course of consummating this deal, it is important to state here, that no risk of any sort is involved,now or in future. We need just a week to be able to complete this transfer, after getting all the required information from you.We await your urgent response Kind regards, Mr. Martin Alberto.
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