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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • annibewilliams1@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: annibe williams <annw1@hotmail.fr>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 17:52:22 +0100
Subject: From Annibe Williams



>From Annibe Williamsannibewilliams1@yahoo.itManager Accounts Continental Bank Cotonou Benin Republic

Attn please,

Please do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics. I will introduce myself first to you. My name is Annibe Williams, a staff in the accounts section of Continental bank here in Cotonou, Bénin republic. One of our accounts with holding balance of USD18,100,000(Eighteen Million one hundred thousand United States Dollars)has been dormant and has not been operated for the past 6 years.

The Bank is in the process of closing the account and my reason for writing you is to work with you towards claiming the funds legally. From my investigations and confirmations,the owner of this account is Nasir Rasheed, a foreigner, he unfortunately died in the plane crash of Union Transport Africains Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou, Benin republic on the december 25,2003. You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this website www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/ Since then nobody has done anything as regards of the claiming of this money because he has no family members who are aware of the existence of neither the account or the funds.

Also information from the National Immigration states that he was also single on entry into this country. I have seceretly discussed this matter with some of the bank officials and we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to make this deal.
We thus proposed to do this business with you,standing in as the oversea business partner and next of kin so that this fund will be released to you after due processes have been followed.You are entitled of 20% share commission after the conclussion of this transfer.

We want you to understand that this transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is legitimate and does not originated from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act. On our interest, let me hear from you.And for more details contact me with this email: annibewilliams1@yahoo.it

RegardsAnnibe Williams
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