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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 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.
  • +22993894157 (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.
  • james_eze2007@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: browneze22@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 01:09:54 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Send=20Him=20Your=20Information=20to=20Reconfirm?=

ATTENTION;MY DEAR,

How are you doing. Hope you have not forgotten me, I am DR ANTHONY AGU,
the man from BENIN who contacted you some time ago to assist me secure the
release of some money accrued from the over invoicing of a contract/inheritance
that was awarded by my government sometime ago during the militry regime.

Though you were not able to asist me conclude the transaction, I'm happy
to inform you about my success in getting those funds transffered under
the assistance and cooperation of a new partner from brazil.Presently i'm
in South Korea for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.
meanwhile, i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assit me in
transffering those funds, I made sure you are not left out the benefit of
the transaction hence I kept aside for you sum of Eight Hundred Thousand
United State Dollar(800.000 usd)bank draft.

I and my new partner agreed to compensate you with that amount for all your
past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.I appreciated your
efforts at that time very much,so feel free and get in touch with my secretary
Mr.JAMES EZE and send him your address

where to send the Bank draft to you. Please do let me know immediately you
receive the Bank Draft so that we can share the joy together after all
the sufferness at that time.
In the moment, i'm very busy here because of the investment projects which
me and my partner

are having at handfinally,remember that i left instruction to my secretary
so as soon as you
contact him, he will send the Draft to you,so feel free to get intouch with
MY SECETARY NOW. with your full contact address and your telephone number
and your occupation and here is my secetary info. Below:

Mr.JAMES EZE
E-MAIL;(james_eze2007@yahoo.fr)
Phone;+229-93894157

Yours Faithfuly,

DR ANTHONY AGU.





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