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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:
  • "million united states 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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • barristerwilliamsfrank@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: comfort whisky <comfort_whisky@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: whisky_comfort58@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:28:14 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Greetings To You


Dear,

Greetings To You And Your Family In The Name of God.

My name is Mrs Comfort Whisky, I'm a 58 years old woman,my husband and two children where involved in a plane crash in the Dec,25th website.http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html

But before this happened,my business and concern for making money was all I care for,i never really cared about other values in life and God.

But now i have found a new desire to assist helpless families as a way to worship God and sort his face for mercy,Therefore i have decided to donate money for the Churches/Islamics and Less Privileged in the world orphans in orphanage/motherless.


So in my search for a reliable and God fearing person who i can trust outside my Country,that can help me in carrying out my last wishes and having gotten your contact through prayers and pains taking efforts via searching i made on the internet on my bed side i came in contact with your email address.

My Husband kept (US,4 Million) Four Million United States Dollars in a long-term deposit in a Finance company in Cotonou Benin Republic,and me as the next of kin but presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for Oesophagi Cancer at International Memorial Hospital Cotonou

I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only few weeks to live,It is my last wish to see this money distribute to Churches/Islamics and Less Privileged.

Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit with the help of my Lawyer whose contacts are below and distributes it accordingly Use your judgment to distribute the money to orphans in orphanage/motherless and keep 20% of it to yourself.

Feel free to re-imburse yourself when you have the money for any expences you made during the process of collecting/claiming the Funds on my behalf.


Please If you are willing to help,then your reply should go to my Lawyer with your details as i stated it below for an urgent processing of the Funds transfer,because I want this project to be completed before i die according to the Doctor.

Still keep me posted,and in your mail to my Lawyer mention my names for reference May the good Lord bless you.

1.Your Full Names



2.Your Age/ Sex



3.Your Marital Status



4.Your Occupation



5.Your Mobile Numbers/Fax



6.Your International Passport/Working ID/Driving Lincence.






Lawyers Contact

Names: Barrister Frank Williams

Email: barristerwilliamsfrank@yahoo.fr

Direct Mobile: + 229-97-58-11-94

Regards,

Mrs Comfort Whisky



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