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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:
  • "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)
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• 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.
  • mrjosephwiliams700@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • frankdav2060@yahoo.com
  • frankdav0101@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?mrjoseph=20wiliams?= <mrjosephwiliams700@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 08:24:34 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : mrjosephwiliams700@yahoo.fr

AFROEURO LOTTO.

NO 3 IFOSHI STREET AKPAKPA COTONOU.

REPUBLIC OF BENIN,WEST AFRICA



FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT

AFRICAN / EUROPEAN.

PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

REF Nº:BN/2251256003/05

BATCH Nº:14/0017/1PD



We the Board and Management of AFROEURO LOTTERY COTONOU, BENIN wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program held on 4nd day of March, 2006. It is yet to be claimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION so that you can make the claim now.


This results is today released to you and Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56440500545-188 with Serial number 5788/02 drew the lucky numbers: 11 13 26 34 44 48 and bonus ball number: 02 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category . You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of us$1,100,000.00(ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS)in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.



This is from a total cash prize of £25.000,000.00 shared amongst the few lucky winners in this category. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 individuals,unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.


CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some winners.



Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Benin Republic booklet representative office in Benin as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your us$1,100,000.00 (ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) will be released to you by our payment office in Benin Republic.


Endeavor to Quote your reference/batch numbers in your correspondence with us and you are advised not to expose your numbers or winning to avoid double clamming and unwarranted abuse of this program or your winnings will be void Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our processing Officer;


Mr. Frank David

Email ; frankdav2060@yahoo.com

Email ; frankdav0101@yahoo.com


PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO SEND THE BELOW INFORMATION REQUIRED TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE:


1.full Name:......2.Address:...3.Nationality:.....4.Age:..Date of Birth:... 5.Occupation:...... 6.Phone:...Phone 2:....Fax:..... 7.State of Origin:.......Country:.....


Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Should there be any change of addresses do inform our agent as soon as possible.



ANYONE BELOW EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE CAN MAKE HIS/ HER CLAIM IN PROXY THROUGH EITHER OF THE PARENTS.


Once again congratulations from me and members of staff of THE AFROEURO.

Sincerely Yours


John (Mr.)

International Relation Officer.

BELOW ARE THE SPONSORS OF THIS PROGRAM



OUR Executives:

Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Lonni K Anderson (Legal Representative), Mrs. Lyudmyla Marchukova(Regional Manager), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman), Mr. Chris Moritz(International Relation Officer).




- mrjoseph wiliams

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