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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 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.
  • +22993704674 (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.
  • dokugbo_williams@latinmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dokugbo Williams <dokugbo_wiliams@latinmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:15:52 +0000
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION:


DOKUGBO WILLIAMS & CO. LAW FIRM,
RUE 148 ZONE DES AMBASSADE
COTONOU-BENIN REPUBLIC.
TELE/FAX: +229 93 70 46 74
EMAIL: dokugbo_williams@latinmail.com

Re:Attention,

I tried to send you this message before your e-mail address came up in a random draw conducted by our law firm,Dokugbo Williams and co. {law firm} in Cotonou in Rep.du Benin.

My name is Dokugbo Williams, a consultrant incharge of the Benin Republic branch of late Mrs. Stella Obasanjo's Child Care Trust (CCT), a private none profit, none governmental organisation formed to bring support to the under privileged and AIDS victims and also challenges
of children in africa.

Mrs Stella Obasanjo a well known Philanthropist. In her zeal to tranvers other parts of the world with her good will, before she travelled to Spain for a major surgery which lead to her death, she made an an agreement with my chamber stating that $6.2M (six million and two hundred thousand U.S. dollars only) out of the total liquid capital base of the CCT. foundation which amount to $46.2m usd. should be donated to any Philanthropist/organisation/person of our choice overseas who shall help the less privileged with this fund.

We have made a random draw and your e-mail address was picked as the beneficiary to this Will.

I am particularly interested in securing this money from the Bank,as they are aware of this agreement and they have issued a notice to this effect. It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of our late client.

You are therefore required to contact me immediately with your personal informations to enable me to start the process of sending this money to any of your designated account.
I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a date limit.

Dokugbo Wiliams.
(PRINCIPAL PARTNER)

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