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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge amount of money" (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 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.
  • +22993800985 (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.
  • terrymk2006c@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Anthony Raymond <anthonyzray9@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 15:57:11 +0100
Subject: Feel free to contact my secretary in Benin Republic



>From Dr Anthony RaymondCotonou Benin RepublicDear Friend,
I did not forgot you niether forgot your past effort and the attemps you made to assist me during the time I was struggling to transfer some huge amount of money to abroad, now I'm happy to inform you that i have suceeded in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of my new partner from London.
Now Contact my secretary and ask him for your($1.2M USD) for your compensation for your past effort to assist me, Contact my secretary at benin His,name is MrTerry MikeEmail( terrymk2006c@yahoo.fr)phone +229-93800985
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment, i am very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, So feel free to get in touch with Mr Terry, he will send the amount $1.2M USD. to you without any delay.
RegardsDr Anthony Raymond

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