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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • benardokoli@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR BENARD OKOLI"<godwinhank_secretary@myway.com>
Reply-To: benardokoli@myway.com
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:11:03 -0500 (EST)
Subject: FROM DR BENARD OKOLI


FROM DR BENARD OKOLI MY DEAR, GOOD DAY TO YOU, I AM IN A DESPERATE SITUATION AND NEED YOUR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE NOW. I CAN NO LONGER HOLD BACK FOR FEAR OF PEOPLE NOT BEING HONEST WITH ME; I HAVE RESORTED TO TAKE MY FATE IN MY HAND. UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, I WAS THE EVENT MANAGER/PROTOCOL OFFICER OF A FORMER GOVERNOR OF A STATE IN MY COUNTRY. THE GOVERNOR, HAVING BEEN FORCED OUT OF OFFICE RATHER DISGRACEFULLY, HAS BEEN MADE TO RETURN ABOUT US10 BILLION TO THE GOVERNMENT. MEANWHILE, I HAVE SOME OF HIS MONEY IN MY CARE LODGED IN AN OVERSEAS COUNTRY. I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO RECEIVE THIS FUND IMMEDIATELY EVEN IF I HAVE TO SHARE IT ON A 50-50 BASIS WITH YOU. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A DESPERATE SITUATION THAT NEEDS YOUR ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR INTEREST. SEND ALL YOU’RE INFO HOPE I CAN TRUST YOU. REGARDS, DR BENARD OKOLIEmail;(benardokoli@myway.com)

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