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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • +22997982121 (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.
  • z_fred111@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Fred Zosou <fred20g@hotmail.fr>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 19:22:40 +0200
Subject: Our GOD given opportunity,




Dear Sir , Compliments, Sir,you may be surprised of how i came across your name & contact, It is not far fetched, i got your contact through search engine(Internet), Sir My reason for contacting you is very simple, sincere, secret & profit oriented if only you can maintain absolute confidentiality & secret into the whole arrangement, My name is Mr Zanou Fred & i work as the Chief Security Officer with Scfa Security Company here in Benin Republic, Sir i have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you concrning this man Engr Morano Kelly, On June 2005,this Engr Morano Kelly A Gold Marchant made a Deposit of GOLD DUST WORTH 550KG in our Security Company, He Engr Morano Kelly, has been depositing goods in our Security Company in the past and the last been this 550kg of Gold Dust, Upon the maturity of the Deposit as specified in our MANDATE WITH HIM (INDEX AND FILE) and accumulation of many months demurrage bills, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, I sent a reminder and finally discovered from his building apartment Partner that Engr Morano Kelly, has died from an automobile accident. And this i have not disclosed to the management of our Security Company, I mean i have not revealed the death of Engr Morano Kelly to the management of our Security Company, On my further investigation & research into his file,I found out that Engr Morano Kelly, died without making a WILL in all his Deposit papers in our Security Company , And all attempts to trace his Relatives who will stand as his next of kin was fruitless, I made another round and further investigation / inquiries and discovered that Engr Morano Kelly did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Deposit paperwork in our Security Company. Sir,Since the demise of this our Customer (Engr Morano Kelly ),I have kept a close monitoring of his deposit(The 550kg Gold Dust) & nobody has come to claim the deposit(The 550kg Gold Dust) And since he did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents, it makes it difficult for anybody's claim, After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contacted you as to assist in repatriating the assets of this man for our mutual benefits and sharing,, As it stands now, there is nobody in our company that will produce the needed information of this man(Engr Morano Kelly) other than myself,considering my position in the company as the Chief Security Officer of the Security Company, This deposit(The 550kg Gold Dust) is still sitting in our Security Company and no one will ever come forward to claim it. Since there is nobody to claim the deposit as the next of Kin to the deceased, i therefore seek your co-operation to use your name as the next of Kin to the deceased to come & claim this deposit(The 550kg Gold Dust) for our Mutual sharing,That is between I & YOU only, and since i am the only one with the useful information of the Deposit & since you are a foreigner who will stand in as the next of kin to Engr Morano Kelly so that you will claim this deposit for our Mutual sharing & benefits, What is required of you is to send an application Text to this our Security Company(SCFA SECURITY SARL)seeking claims of the deposit as the next of Kin to Engr Morano Kelly & for the release of the deposit(The 550kg Gold Dust) to you as the next of Kin to Late Engr Morano Kelly, There is no risk involved in this business as you will be equiped with all vital information of the deposit & the Coded Numbers, Your Country of Origin does not matter, What matters is you as the next of Kin having all the necessary information relating to the late Engr Morano Kelly )to back up your claims, I will supply you with all the deposit particulars, Finally Sir, i will like you to understand that the request for a Foreigner as the next of Kin is occassioned by the fact that (Engr Morano Kelly )was a foreigner & for that reason,only a foreigner stands to represent him as the next of Kin so that there wouldn't be any room for suspicion, Lastly for the immediate take off of this transaction, you have to confirm your willingness & readiness to assist me retrieve / claim this deposit(The 550kg Gold Dust), I will send you by fax or email, The application Text & other vital informations relating to the deposit, I assure you 100% risk free transaction, All & every informations that will guide you through(successfully)will be supplied by me after declaring your interest for this business as an insider & a good one indeed. Just declare your interest & leave the rest of the job for me to do, What matters most in this transaction is the information which i will be in a position to give you regarding the transaction & which will be a big guide for you. Please sir, maintain adequate secrecy & confidentiality this business deserves, & ask question(s) where you deems necessary. Please contact me on this my alternative email address z_fred111@yahoo.com and on my private telephone number 00229 97 98 21 21, Trusting to hear from you, GOD Bless You, Yours Faithfully, Mr Zanou Fred.
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