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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 state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • jameshod34@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MR JAMES HODONOU <johnhod124@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <johnhod34@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 23:45:47 +0100
Subject: CAN YOU WORK WITH ME?



>From MR JamesHodonouManager Auditing and Accounting Unit.Foreign Remittance Dept.African Development Bank Benin,
Dear Beloved One,
Every five years African Development Bank Benin transfer to its treasury,millions of dollars of unclaimed Deceased Depositors Fund in compliance with the Banking Laws and Guidelines to the majority of cases, withreference to my bank- African Development Bank Benin, the money normally runs into several millions of dollars.
Until Mr. Mohamed Mohd Salaheldin's death, along with his wife and their two sons in an EgyptAir Flight 990 plane crash on a festive visit from Los Angeles.I was his foreign currency denoted bank Account Manager with constant balance in excess of eight digits. Ever since his death and up till this time of writing no next of kin or relation of his has come forward to claim his money with us. Naturally, as long as late Mohamed Mohd Salaheldin's money remains unclaimed, the bank remains richer in free funds with his money.
However, with me being in direct Auditing and Accounting Unit in the Foreign Remittance Department of my bank. I have all the neccessary informations that you will presents to the bank as a next of kin or relation of late Mohamed Mohd Salaheldin on private business deal basis.
Now the game plan and the purpose of my writing you exclusively having been highly recommended as then right and proper person to handle this deal by a Management Consultant friend of mine, who has travelled widely, including your country is that I want to pull out this unclaimed money amounting to US$28,300,000.00(Twenty Eight Million, Three Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) with your cooperation and assistant by just doing the following:
(a) Provide your direct and private telephone/fax number for effective communication. (b) Give immediate reply to this E-mail for details on how to proceed.

Upon my receipt of your response, I will send to you a text of Application you are required to forward to the Bank.For your cooperation and efforts 30% of the money will be for you as our foreign partner, while 70% will be for my colleague and myself that will eventually visit your country for disbursement of our portion. Send me your reply immediately you receive this message for more directives to my private E-mail(jameshod34@yahoo.co.uk)
Looking forward to a mutual beneficial business relationship.
Regards,Mr James Hodonou
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