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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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • roland_gbotem1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister Roland Gbotem" <rolandgbot1@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 20:42:29 +0100
Subject: WE CAN BOTH MAKE IT.....Feilen

Dear Feilen,

I am quite convinced of the fact that this will come to you as a
surprise.however i am writing based on the privilege information i gathered
about you in Internet during my extensive search.

I am Barrister Roland Gbotem,a solicitor at law, personal attorney to Mr
P.B.Feilen,a national Of your country,who worked with Shell Development
Company in Republic of Benin. Here in after shall be referred to as my
client.On the 11th of sep. 2003, my client ,his wife and their only daugther
unfortunately lost there lives in a car accident along Bouliverd road and
since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any
of my client extended relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name
to locate any of his relatives hence I have contacted you to assist in
repatriating the fund valued at US$9.7 million left behind by my client
before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Unitrust
Security Company in Cotonou-Benin where this huge amount was deposited in a
trunk box under the coverage of family valuables.

The said security company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin
or have this box confiscated within the next twenty one official working
days as they don't know the content of the box.

Since I have been unsuccessfully in locating the relatives for over 2years
now,I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased,so
that the proceedings of this box can be transfer to you.Therefore, on
receipt of your positive response,we shall then discuss the sharing
ratio and modalities for transfer,as I have every necessary information and
legal documents needed to back you up for claim.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me through this email box only (
roland_gbotem1@yahoo.com) for more details.

Thanks and God bless

Barrister Roland Gbotem.

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