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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +22997145277 (Benin, probably a 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.
  • kofidankwa2000@yahoo.co.nz (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: kofidankwa5@microcamp.com.br
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:20:45 -0200
Subject: How are you today?


Dear

There has been tailings on accounts of government officials and its agents
here due to the mass embezzlement of government funds over the years.
I am Kofi Dankwa an accountant with CONTINENTAL BANK- HERE IN BENIN and
the account manager of Mr Franck SMITH who died in car accident 2000 in
Porto-Novo. He did not opened the account in our bank with his real name
as he was a government contractor.
I further discovered that the next of kin to the account died in the fatal
accident .
The balance in the account is to the tune of US$14.750M less interest as the
account has gone dormant.
I am contacting you because I have a firm knowledge of our bank policy on
the administration of estate and the inheritance law here. As a foreigner, if
I furnish you with an inside classified information on the account, manipulate
the next of kin column on the data base , as I have access and aid you to
secure the relevant administrative requirement , you will apply for the
withdrawal of the deposit and the bank will approve it immediately and the
account balance will be transferred to your nominated account.
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 our
dreams come through, because the management is ready to approve this payment
to any foreigner who has current information of this account, which I will
provide for you.
Your share will be 30% of the fund while I take 60% We will set aside 10%
for charity donations.
Am waiting for your urgent reply and call please.

May God Be With You.
DR Kofi Dankwa
+229-97145277
Please reply me to kofidankwa2000@yahoo.co.nz
_________________________________________________________
Microcamp

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