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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:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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 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.
  • gben.nich@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: =?big5?q?NICHOLAS=20BENJAMIN?= <ben.nich@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: benjamin_nikolas@myway.com
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 01:34:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent Assistance Needed in London


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From Benjamin Nicholas

Protocol officer,

Elstree way

Borehamwood

Hertfordshire

WD6 IGA, London,

United kingdom.


Dear Confidant,

REPATRIATION OF $15.5M


Following the approvals received by this office recommending for the

immediate repatriation of the above referenced fund and having been

listed in category \"A\" foreign creditors, you are by this notice

informed that your urgent assistance is required in receiving the

approved fund floating in an offshore payments Account in Holland.


This is as result of grossly over invoiced contracts which were

executed by a (Deceased) national of Foreign country on the Oil

Refineries in Sao thome and Principe.This contract was deliberately over invoiced to thetune of US$15.5m Million Dollars. This was a deal by my committee to benefit from the project.


I have therefore been mandated as a matter of trust to look for a

foreign partner into whose account we could transfer the sum of

USD15,500,000.00 (Fifteen million, five hundred thousand Us Dollars only). We have agreed to share the funds thus: 60% for us and 30% for account owner (you). If

you are interested, please contact me urgently through this email, and you can as well forward the following required information:

(1) Your Name/company\'s name and full address,

(2) Your banker\'s name, Swift code, address, A/C number, telephone and

fax numbers.

(3) Your contact Tel/Fax No.

(4) Your Occupation

(5) Valid ID

Upon the receipt of the above details, payment will be activated by the

feeding of your data into payment system, followed by a signal that

will be sent to the paying bank to remit funds into your nominated bank

account within 7 official working days of receipt of the above

information.Your urgent response will be highly needed.


Thanks.


Benjamin Nicholas




- NICHOLAS BENJAMIN

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