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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:
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +22993204796 (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.
  • dr_juyostitus2006@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Titus" <drtitus30@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:06:47 +0000
Subject: DEAR TRUSTING FRIEND CALL ME AS YOU RECIEVE THIS MAIL LINE +229 93 20 47 96


From:The Desk of DR JUYOS TITUS
Bill And Exchange Manager-('ADB )
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Republic of Benin. West Africa.
Alt/Email:dr_juyostitus2006@yahoo.fr




STRICTLY SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Friend,


Compliments of the day. I deceided to contact you after I
received a worthy information about your reliability and
honesty. Hence I confide in you.


I am DR JUYOS TITUSS,from (AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT
BANK),Republic of Benin.During the course of our auditing
we discovered the sum of twelve million five hundred
thousand united states dollars (USD$12.500.000.00)
floating in an account opened in this Bank since 1997 and
as from 2001 nobody has operated on this account again,
and after going through some old files in the records I
discovered that the owner of the account died without a
[HEIR]sept 11th 2001 by plane crash, hence the money is
floating.
After due verification I noticed that no other person
knows about this account except his wife who was also
invovled in the crash, and the account has no other
beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that
untill his death he was the Director GOLD ARK [SARL] Since
our bank,(African Development Bank)Benin Rep.got
information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of kin to come forward and claim his money because we
cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next
of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guidelines and policies but up to date nobody came
up to this bank as his next of kin or relative.Since the
country law dose not allow such fund to stay more than
five
years,
i hereby implore you to act as the the next of kin i will
funish you with all the informations when the need arises.
For easy communication farward to me thus.

1.Your Full name /adddress .
2.Telephone number.
3. Fax numbers .

It has been resolved that 30% will be for you while 10%
has been maped out to defray any expences that might be
incured during the process of the ransaction. Then 60%
will be for me which shall be release after the funds must
have been remitted into your bank account.
Email:Reply to this
alternative:dr_juyostitus2006@yahoo.fr

Hoping for a very successful business relationship with
you.

Best Regards,

DR JUYOS TITUS

DEAR TRUSTING FRIEND CALL ME AS YOU RECIEVE THIS MAIL ON THIS LINE +229 93
20 47 96

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