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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:
  • "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.
  • +22993929177 (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.
  • jamesbrownx7@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: JAMES BROWN <jamesbrownx7@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:31:35 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: From James Brown


From:James Brown.
15/399 Port Novo Avenue Cotonou
Benin Republic

Dear Sir,

I am Mr.James Brown a Fund Manager with Fidelity Investment International Benin.The World Largest Funds Management Company with over $1.2Trillion Capital Investment Funds.and I handle all our Investor's Capital Project Funds that enables me to divert 1.2 Percent Investors Excess Return Capital Funds to our Magellan Trust Funds Account whereby anyone can be presented to claim the funds. On this note, the total sum of $22.4m has been diverted representing the 1.2 Percent Excess Return Capital Funds from the Investor Capital Project Funds. I need a reliable and trustworthy person, That can work this deal out with me so that we can claim the funds as mentioned above.

There is no risk attached and the funds in question can never be dictated or traced.I have worked out the strategies and technincalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches. Our sharing ratio is 50:50. If you are interested, please send your direct telephone numbers through my Home E-mail address (jamesbrownx7@yahoo.fr) for discussion of this deal in further details,

Awaiting your Reply.

Mr. James Brown.
+229 93 92 9177
Fidelity Investment Benin
www.fidelity-international.com

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