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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:

• 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.
  • +22993415576 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Loko Blase <lokblase8@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 11:38:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: treat as urgent pls..............


Master Loko Jean Blase...(Jnr)
Landscae Drilling......S.a.r.L
PO Box 1435, Freetown,
Sierra Leone.West Africa.

Dear Stoop ,
This proposal can appear strange to you. Please understand that it is the situation i currently face which pushed me to contact a completely foreign person (you). Allow me to present myself; I am from Republic of Sierra Léone, and my name is Loko Blase,25yrs old,a student of Manchester univesity.I have just inherited a significant sum of money and i do not know anything about international transaction nor in placement which is my dream. I thus need you to help me to transfer and manage this fortune. My late father Loko Jean Blase was the head of the rebels of (R.U.F.), he controlled all the diamantiferous zone of Sierra Léone before his untimely death last June 2003, He was arrested imprisoned and Condemned by the government of my country. Actually he was clever to deposit on my behalf in a company of safety and finance in Republic of Benin (West Africa) the total sum Euro$18.5m (Eighteen Million and Five Hundred Thousand Euro Only) All the original documents concerning
this deposit are in my possession as Next-Of-Kin. I would like your full assistance and cooperation to transfer this total sum out of Africa for further management/investment projects in your country.I patiently await your positive response by filling the personal information form below.this is to assist the custodians of this funds to transfer it to you immediately.

YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FORM !

Yr. Name/Age:...............................................................................................
Yr. Country/Home Address :...........................................................................
Private Tel/Fax Number :..............................................................................
Private Email Address :.................................................................................
Yr.Profession :...............................................................................................
Yr Bank Acct. No. :.........................................................................................

Thank you for your honest cooperation.


Regards,
Master Loko Blase
Tel.: +229 93415576.



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