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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)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348064884099 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • alex_benjamin007@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: alexbenjamin009@microcamp.com.br
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:30:24 -0200
Subject: Contact Asap




FROM: BARRISTER ALEX BENJAMIN. LAGOS - NIGERIA.
PHONE:+234-80-64884099 Dear Friend,  I am Barrister ALEX BENJAMIN,
The personal attorney to Mr.Peter Nada, National of your country who works
with Shell Development Company in Nigeria and he is known and referred to as
my Client. On the 4th of May 2002, my client, his wife and their three
children were involved plane crash in Kano. Unfortunately all the entire
family lost their lives in the tragedy. Since then, I have made several
enquires to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but
all my efforts proved unsuccessful.  After these unsuccessful attempts
failed, I decided to track his last name,any member of his family or his
nationale hence I contacted you. Now my contacts to you is to assist me in
REPATRIATING THE MONEY IN HIS BANK ACCOUNT HERE before the accident and his
properties he left behind before every thing will be confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where he deposit this money valued
$15,000,000,000.(FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) More importantly, the
bank where the deceased client deposited these huge sums of money has served
me a write of notice to provide the NEXT OF KIN of my client or the account
will be confiscated.  You may visit the following websites to read more
about the
incident. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968300.stmhttp://www.usafricaonline.com/ngrkanocrash.html Since
I have tried and failed on several occasions in locating his relatives I am
now seeking for your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased, so that the money in his account will be paid to you while I will
come over to your country for the sharing.  I will take 50% while you
will take 40% and 10% for any expensses that may come our way in this
transaction. I have studied all the requirement that is legally
neccessary  to back up any claim we may want. All I require is your
honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through I guarantee that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law.





 Finally, if thisbusiness interests you, please get in touch with me
immediately!with your contact phone and fax numbers, to enable me call
youimmediately. More information awaits your urgent reply. God bless you. You
can send your further response to my private
email:alex_benjamin007@myway.com Regards,  Alex
Benjamin.  


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Microcamp

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