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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "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 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.
  • madam.desire@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Monica <madam.desire@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrs.monica@juno.com
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 13:22:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Thanks Your Mail


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: madam.desire@yahoo.com

Dear friend .

I am Mrs.Monica Kabila, from Democratic Republic of Congo.

This mail may come to you as trange but please keep very confidential. i

have tried not to tell anybody but since i was diagonized with cancer i

decided to contact you for help in safeguarding the funds.

There is sum amount of money my Husband Late President Laurent

Kabila,deposited in one Security Company (TIME SECURITY & TRUST CO.)here in

Cotonou Benin for safe keeping.

Before he was killed by his Millitary securities.The squable happened as

immediately we returned back from our Spain trip.My husband married us two.I

am the second wife.

I will not be able to give you the full details that led to that urgly

incidents.The Son is the current President of our country now.For now I am

staying in Cotonou, the capital of Republic of Benin,just to save my

life,with my three children.

The money in question, is 18, Million U.S.Dollars.I can not make the

withdrawal of this fund, because my husband registered the Beneficiary of

the fund as his (Foriegn Bussiness Patner) The documents of the deposit are

with me.What I would want you to do, is to assits me to get the found with

drawn from the Security Company and transfer the money to your country.

We shall replace the name foriegn Patner to your own name, because the code

was used for security reason.

I will give you the 15% of the money for your assitance.There is no risk in

this transaction.

I will use the remain balance of the money for an investiment in your

country for the future of my children and you will help me in the

investments.

If you are interested, and can maintain the very confidential of this

transaction,you e-mail me immediately for more clearification, and also note

that I am a refugees in Cotonou Benin becuase of the assasnation of my late

husband,and the war going on in our country,Democratic Republic of Congo.

I can speak little english, but my son Mack speaks english very well.


Thank you very much.

Mrs.Moni Kabila



- Mrs Monica

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