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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:
  • "dumorrage" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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.
  • ecobank_beninrepublic2007@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: willson_onil5@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 06:00:24 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Attention=20=2C?=

Attention ,

The company have waited for you since to send them the their stamping
fee so that they can deliver your parcel and they did not receive the fee
so the courier company return the fund back to my office and i went ahead
to deposite the fund in a bank ($800.000.00 usd) but i did not heard from
you since that time.Then I went and deposited the cash with FINANCIAL TRUST
BANK PLC here in (Benin Republic) because it has been in the courier company
up to the dumorrage time,
I want You to contact the FINANCIAL BANK BENIN REPUBLIC to let them know
when they will Transfer your fund and send your information to them to enable
them know were they will wired your fund to within 24 hours of you contacting
them.
YOUR FULL NAME.............
HOME ADDRESS..................
FULL BANKING INFORMATION...........
.
SWIFT CODE...........................
NAME OF COUNTRY......................
NAME OF BANK..........................
ACCOUNT NUMBER.........................
ROUTING NUMBER.........................

The only money you have to send to them is there security keeping fee/will
also serve as the wire transfer fee, which is $85.00 Us Dollars to enable
them wire the money into your account immediately without any delay.This
is their Contact Address,

FINANCIAL BANK PLC BENIN REPUBLIC.
DIRECTOR............DR.REV.MICHAEL OKOH
EMAIL..............(ecobank_beninrepublic2007@yahoo.fr )
Phone Number........(+22993914381)

Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the
security keeping fee.I gave them your transfering information but you
have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistake on the transfering.Let
the company know immediately you receive your into your account.
Thanks And Remain bless.
DR.SECRETARY JOHNSON EMMA

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