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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "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.
  • hanimahmoud@juno.com
  • drmahmoudoffice@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Hani Mahmoud" <mahhani1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:08:44 +0200
Subject: From Dr. Hani Mahmoud


From Dr. Hani Mahmoud
13 Zone de Amasades ,B.P 12547 Cotonou Benin Tel:(+229) 9798 5896
Private Email: hanimahmoud@juno.com and drmahmoudoffice@yahoo.fr

Dear Friend
I am the Chairman of Dept Reconciliation Department at the Benin Ministry Of
Public Works And Transports.
In my department we discovered a contract file that was Executed by one (Mr.
Anders Roedel), a citizen of your country and Chairman Anders Construction
Company S.A , this contract was executed between April 2002 to November
2003, the contract worth (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollar) US$ 10,500,000.00 was awarded to Anders Construction Company by our
ministry for the construction of Cotonou/Porto-Novo Express Road, after due
investigation through the abandoned file, we discovered that Mr. Anders
completed the contract on November 2003 and was not paid before he was
involve in Dec. 25 , 2003, chartered Boeing 727 jet bound for Beirut,
Lebanon, that crashed after hitting a building on takeoff, killing at least
140 people including Mr. Anders and his entire family as the where heading
to Beirut for Holidays.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to present you as the
next of kin or relation to the deceased to claim the fund (Ten Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars , and with my position as the
Chairman of Dept Recalculation Department of the Ministry for safety and
subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it.

40 % of this money will be for you as my foreign partner, in respect to the
provision of a foreign account, while 60 % would be for me, There after I
will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages
indicated.

Note, as the Chairman of the Dept Reconciliation Department of our Ministry,
I have all the facilities required to achieve this goal in a legitimate way
to avoid any breach of law,
I will give you full information about my self and explain thoroughly how we
are going to commence the business when you respond with the following
information.

Your Accupation
Your Age
Telphone Numbers
Fax is any.

I will expect your call to confirm that you receive this mail, for privacy
please reply to my private email hanimahmoud@juno.com and
drmahmoudoffice@yahoo.fr
Yours faithfully,

Dr. Hani Mahmoud
Chairman, Dept Reconciliation Department,
Benin Ministry of Public Works and Transports
Tel+ 229-97985896

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