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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:
  • "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 next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • andyphil11@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Andrew=20Philips?= <andyphil11@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: andrew.philips@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 18:45:58 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Urgent mail from Andrew Philips.


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : andyphil11@yahoo.fr

Good day to you.


I am Andrew Philips the director in charge of Auditing and Accounting section of Bank of Africa Benin in West Africa,and also a special account officer of Mr. Abel Faiza Bahar, a Lebanese.He was a Seasoned Contractor with Benin Cement Company in Benin Republic., who unfortunately died in the plane crash of Union Transport Africaines Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou, Benin republic on the december 26,2003.


You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this website: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-12/26/content_293549.htm



Before his death on the 26th December 2003, Mr. Abel Faiza Bahar has a fixed deposit account with the bank and no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me that his supposed next of kin died along with him in the crash. Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you. I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank.


Consequently, Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 5 weeks now. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$10.8 million can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money. 80% to me and 20% to you.I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. All documents of transaction will be destroyed immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place.


If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly email your following information to me:


a.Complete names

b.Private telephone number

c.Private fax number

d.Private email


Until you write,have a nice day and God bless.


Sincerely,Andrew Philips.











































- Andrew Philips

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