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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)
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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.
  • mr_algb4@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mr_algb4@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:11:41 -1200
Subject: From Mr. Bernard G. Alphonsus

Dear friend,

In order to transfer out (USD 20.6 MILLION) Twenty million
Six Hunderd Thousend United States Dollars) from Societe
General Bank Benin.

I have the courage to ask for your assistance to handle this
important and confidential business believing that you will
never let me down either now or in future.

I am Mr. Bernard G. Alphonsus the General Manager, Societe
General Bank. There is an account opened in this bank , ever
since then nobody has operated on this account again.

Aftergoing through some old files in the records, I
discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it
will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account
unfortunately died in the plane crash of Union Transport
Africains Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou, Benin republic on
the december 25,2003. You will read more stories about the
crash on visiting this website
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/

No other person knows about this account or any thing
concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that his company does not
know anything about this account and the amount involved is
(USD 20.6 MILLION) Twenty million Six Hunderd Thousend
United States Dollars.

I want to transfer the USD 20.6 MILLION) Twenty million Six
Hunderd Thousend United States Dollars into a safe
foreigners account abroad , but I don't know any foreigner,
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money
can not be approved to a local bank here, but can only be
approved to any foreign account because the money is in US
dollars and the former owner of the account is a foreigner
too.

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as
we don’t know our selves before,but be rest assure that
this is life time business for both of us even for our
generation to come .

With believe in God that you will never let me down in this
business. You are the only person that I have contacted in
this business, so please reply urgently so that I will
inform you the next step to take urgently, Send also your
private telephone and fax number .

I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement
to bind us together so that you can receive this money into
a foreign account or any account of your choice where the
fund will be safe. I will fly to your country for withdrawal
and sharing and other investments.

I am contacting you because of the need to involve a
foreigner with foreign account and foreign beneficiary.

I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because
the management is ready to approve this payment to any
foreigner who has correct information about this account,
which I will feed you with, if you are able and with
capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and
trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual
benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my
life.

I need truthful person in this business because I don't want
to make mistake I need your strong assurance and trust. With
my position now in the office I can transfer this money to
any foreign reliable account, which you can provide with
assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical
arrival in your country for sharing.

And i want to remaind you that your share has been
carculated at 35% of the total sum. I'am waiting for your
urgent reply so that i will give you more information about
this deal. Reply me (mr_algb4@yahoo.fr).

With regards,

Mr. Bernard G. Alphonsus.




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