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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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.
  • charleserin-manyindo@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "manyindo charles" <charlessmanyindo2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: charleserin-manyindo@excite.com
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 15:28:50 +0100
Subject: Request For Assistance

Barrister Manyindo Charles
Solicitors & Advocates.
06 BP 1409 Akpakpa Dodomey,
Cotonou - Benin Republic.
Phone + 229 870 57752

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Barrister Manyindo Charles, an attorney at law. This mail is written to
solicit your assistance to be presented as next of kin to my deceased client
Jack Carlston. He made a fixed deposit valued USD$ 3.5 M,(Three Million,
Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) on September 1998 for 36 months maturity,
with an intent of putting up a gold mining company here in Cotonou and upon
the maturity this bank started contacting him but to no avail On 31 January,
2000, my client along with his wife died in a plane crash of Alaska Airlines
Flight number 261. You shall read more about the crash on visiting this
sit(http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/)

The Governing Body of the bank has contacted me on this matter, based on the
fact that his supposed next of kin, happened to die in the said crash and I
am yet to provide any other Next of Kin to lay claim to the fund.

Under a clear and legitimate agreement with you, I shall seek your consent
to be presented as the next of Kin,so that the proceeds of this account now
valued USD$ 4.1 million, will be paid to you, so that the Bank will not
confiscate this fund, as the banking law and guidelines here stipulates that
if such money remained unclaimed after four years, the money will be
transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund

For the sake of transparencyand clarity on this matter, you are free to make
immediate contact with me through my mailbox or phone line, for further
information related to this matter. Thanks in anticipated acceptance, while
I expect your prompt response to this email: charleserin-manyindo@excite.com

Yours faithfully,

Barrister Manyindo Charles
Manyindo Charles Chambers
Phone + 229 870 57752
Reply To: charleserin-manyindo@excite.com

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