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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447024039614 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • ben.nich@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: "BENJAMIN NICHOLAS" <linxbenx101@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: benjaminnicholas@keromail.com
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:19:03 +0100
Subject: Business Help

NB:please your response must be sent to my private email at: ( ben.nich@yahoo.com.hk )

Protocol officer,
Elstree way
Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 IGA, London, United kingdom.

Dear Confidant,
REPATRIATION OF $15.5M

Following the approvals received by this office recommending for the immediate repatriation of the above referenced fund and having beenlisted in category \"A\" foreign creditors, you are by this noticeinformed that your urgent assistance is required in receiving the approvedfund floating in an offshore payments Account in Africa.

This is as result of grossly over invoiced contracts which were executed by a (Deceased) national of Foreign country on the Oil Refineriesin West Africa.This contract was deliberately over invoiced to the tune of US$15.5m Million Dollars. This was a deal by my committee to benefit from the project.

I have therefore been mandated as a matter of trust to look for a foreign partner into whose account we could transfer the sum of USD15,500,000.00 (Fifteen million, five hundred thousand Us Dollars only). We have  agreed to share the funds thus: 60% for us and 30% for account owner (you). If you are interested, please contact me urgently through this email, and you can
as  well forward the following required information:

(1) Your Name/company\'s name and full address,
(2) Your banker\'s name, Swift code, address, A/C number, telephone andfax numbers.
(3) Your contact Tel/Fax No.
(4) Your Occupation
(5) Valid ID

Upon the receipt of the above details, payment will be activated by the feeding of your data into payment system, followed by a signal that will be sent to the paying bank to remit funds into your nominated bank account within 7 official working days of receipt of the above information.Your  urgent response will be highly  needed.Thanks.

Benjamin Nicholas
+447024039614
NB:please your response must be sent to my private email at: (ben.nich@yahoo.com.hk)     

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