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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:

• 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.
  • +22993150432 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Micheal Greg" <exclusiveconsult1@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <dr.michaelgreg@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:08:54 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY.



INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY. Dear Sir/ MadamIt gives me the responsibility and keen interest to crave yourindulgence with this offer. I am financial consultant based inthe Republic of Benin. Proposition: My late client is having some funds (US$14.5 million)with the Continental Bank Benin which he intended to investin a free banking state. But his sudden death truncated hisInvestment plans. Due to his political position before his death, nobody was aware of these funds at the Continental Bank Benin except me, his financial consultant. My confidence is that after the death of my client, I have waitedfor a couple of years but no one has shown up to inquire aboutthese funds and i cannot afford to loose the funds to the Continental Bank Benin, as they have requested that I produce any relation/next of kin/heir to the funds. Hence I will require your full cooperation with asincere heart to assist me in claiming the funds from the Continental Bank Benin and move them abroad for disbursement. As an insider, I have the necessary information required to claim the funds. We will commence as soon as I read your favourable response or youcall me via my private line +229 93150 432 for further briefings. Thanks for your understanding. Cordially,Dr. Micheal Greg(Principal Consultant)Exclusive Consultants.Rep. Du Benin
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