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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)
  • "activation fee" (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 service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• 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.
  • +22993852229 (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.
  • atmpayment_departmentbenin74@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • john_williams026@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: john williams <john_williams026@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:17:47 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONTACT ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT


Dearest.Fr Halag Thal,

This is to inform you about my success in getting the money moved under the co-operation of a new partner from New Jersy.
Presently i'm in New Jersy for investing my own part of the total money .Meanwhile,ididn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in moving the cash despite that both of us could not make it.
Now contact ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT and their email address is (atmpayment_departmentbenin74@yahoo.fr ) ask
them to send you the sum of ( 850,00 usd) in an ATM MASTER CARD which i kept for your compensation for all the 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 touched with theATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT and instruct them on where to send your total share of the money to you.Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy together after all the sufferness at that time.
In the moment, i am very busy here investing with my new partner .
Remember that you are going to pay a reactivation fee of $125.00 only and it is for thereactivation of your card against it's expiry.
Finally, I have forwarded instruction to the DEPARTMENT to send the Confirmable ATM MASTER CARD to you, so feel free to get in touch with the FINANCIAL BANK and they will send the CARD to you without any delay. DO FAST AND CONTACT HEM
IMMEDIETLY OK?
Best Regards,
SECRETARY. John Williams











Hallo,

Sorry if I sound a trifle puzzled but may you kindly confirm your mandate for this first?

Sometime ago I had sent some cash to a person who wrote something very closely identical as yours. He has still not answered back my last 15 emails and this makes me have some doubts about you.

I have had a long day at work so please just tell me in simple words.

Fr Halag Thal


Please note that I endeavored to call the phone number you wrote but it does not work. Sorry.




--- Original email ---
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Dear Halag Thal
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I received your mail regarding the Cashier Bank Draft that my Director le=
ft here for you Yes He told me to keep the Cashier Bank Cheque for you =
before he traveled out of this country for investment projects.
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Now that you have contact for the Bank Cheque of $850.000.00 dollars i h=
ave one question for you Are you coming to pick it here yourself ? Or do=
you want me to send it to your through Diplomat means because this is th=
e only way to mail international chaque that contained a lot of money in =
this country?
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I sugest that u come down here IN BENIN REP MY CONTACT ADRESS RAU 105 AK=
PAPKA CRESENT COTONOU BENIN REP WEST AFRICAN so that it will be easy for =
us but if you can not make it .Then you know that i will send it through =
diplomatic service.that is the only way to mail international draft chaqu=
e here in benin rep .
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Incase if you are not coming yourself THEN bear it inmind that you will b=
ear the cost of mailing the Cheque beacuse i went to the bank to know if =
their will deduct the mailing charges from the cheque but there said that=
is against the law that is crime and my boss did not keep any money with=
me exept the cheque and i dont have money now to help so send your full =
contact information to me to enable me register for delivering. Send your=

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YOUR FULL NAME...........................
HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER:..................................
OFFICE NUMBER:............................................
OCCUPAION..............................................
COUNTRY..............................................
SEX..................................................
AGE..................................................
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Send the information immediately if you are not coming here in person I w=
ill meet the Courier Service Company today to confirm what it will cost t=
o deliver the parcel to you.
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Thanks
Mr John Williams
+229 9385 2229



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Dear Sir

If you are finding that my english is not very nice I am contrite but it=
is not my mother language.

Probably you are aware of the private issue detailed below. Am I right in=
affirming to you again my deep interest? Your help is necessary for me.

Halag Thal

--- Forwarded email ---

My dear friend How are you together with your family i hope that all is w=
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ll if so glory be to God amen It's been long I heard from you. Well I jus=
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want to use this medium to thank you very much for your earlier assistanc=
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to help me in receiving the funds without any positive outcome. I am obli=
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ged to inform you that I have succeeded in receiving the funds with the h=
el=3D
p of a new partner from Paraguay.=3D20
Everything was perfectly done because we strike a deal with one of the La=
dy=3D
accountant who works with the Federal Ministry of Finance FMF and she re=3D
ndered a tremendous help to us.
My new partner initiated this idea and everything worked out successfully=
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In appreciation of your earlier assistance to me in receiving the Funds. =
I =3D
have decided to compensate you with the sum of $850 000 in a Cashier's ch=
eq=3D
ue Eight Hundred and fifty Thousand United States Dollars . This is from =
m=3D
y own share. I did this simply to show you that it is good to do good thi=
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s to the right people always.
Presently I am in Paraguay for investment project with my own share under=
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the advice of my partner.Meanwhile I didn't forget your past efforts and =
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ttempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed u=
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somehow.
I will be sending you e-mail from time to time to know if you have receiv=
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your share or not. Now contact my personal assistant in Benin Mr John Wil=
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iams his e-mail address is john_williams026@yahoo.fr . Please do let me k=
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w immediately if you have receive it so that we can share the joy togethe=
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after all the suffering at that time. In the moment I am very busy here i=
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n Paraguay because of the investment projects which the new partner and I=
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are having at hand. So feel free to get in touch with John Williams to se=
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the cheque to you without any delay. With My Best Regards Barr Peter Ok=3D
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