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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 will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • peterdanielx4@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "peter daniel" <peterdanielx31@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:45:46 +0430
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE NEEDED


Dear Trusting Friend ,

I pray that this email reaches you in the best of health. Please do not take
this for a junk letter though it may come to you as a surprise due to the
fact that we have not yet met. The message could be strange but it's real if
you pay some attention to it. I want to notify you about
it at least for the sake of your integrity.

In a brief introduction, I am Peter Daniel, the Director of Operation with
AFRICA DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB) of Benin-Cotonou ,Republic of Benin. I have a
very interesting transaction to discuss with you. The business under
discussion has to do with one of our customer a national of your
country, who is a Consultant/ contractor with Societe Nationale Des Products
D' Agricole (SONAPRA) Company in Benin-Cotonou.

I managed to get your contact details through the Internet search myself
because time is of importance to it and I am desperately looking for Someone
to assist me to pull this money out from the bank before our corrupt
government officials will confiscate the money.

On Thursday, December 25, 2003, this our customer , his wife and their only
daughter were involved in Air-Crash near the Atlantic Ocean in Cotonou
suburb. For more clarifications, you can visit the CNN web news for the
tragedy.
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash

Since then I have made several inquiries to your Embassy, in a bid to locate
any relation of this our customer. All attempts to reach the next of kin of
our customer has been futile as He had no family here in Benin Republic.
Hence my decision to contact you. I want you and I to go
into partnership, the nature of your business is completely irrelevant to
this transaction as all I need from you is an assurance that my interest
will be fully protected once this transaction is concluded.

He made a numbered time (fixed) deposited for twelve calendar Months and his
account with our Bank accrues to about (Fourteen Million, Three hundred and
Fifty- Two Thousand US Dollars) $USD14.352M.

According to the Benin Law, at the expiration of (Three) years, the money
will revert to the ownership of the Benin government if nobody applies to
claim the funds. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to our customer so that the fruits
of this old man's labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt
government officials who will latter use the money to sponsor war in Africa
and kill innocent citizens in the search for political power/seat. Please
note that There will be no problem at all, my position as the Director of
Operation guarantees the successful execution of this transaction within 7
Banking days and the money will be paid into your account for us to share in
the ratio of 40% for you and 60% for me.

This is very simple, I will like you to reply immediately so that I can send
you the Text of application which you will fill and apply to the bank as the
next of kin to our customer and I will use my good position in the bank as
the Director of Operation to make sure that the application is approved,
during board meeting for immediate payment. If you are interested, reply
immediately via my private email address: peterdanielx4@hotmail.com

So that we can proceed at once. Please send to me also your private phone,
or mobile numbers for easier correspondence.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best Regards.
Peter Daniel.
Private email: peterdanielx4@hotmail.com

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