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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "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 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.
  • atmdeptfinancialbank01@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: FINANCIAL BANK OF BENIN <atm_department153@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <atmdeptfinancialbank01@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:20:01 +0100
Subject: Notification Of your Atm Card Payment .




FROM THE DESK OF MR VICTOR DOSOM.DIRECTOR,INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCEFOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,FINANCIAL BANK OF BENIN,COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN. Notification of payment by ATM Master Credit Card Attn:Beneficiary, We hereby officially notifying you about the present arrangement to pay you, your over due contract/inheritance fund of (1.5m )one million five hundrend thousand united state dollars through (Master Express Credit Card) This arrangement was initiated/constituted by the World Bank and Paris Club, due to fruadelent activities going on within the African Region. The World Bank and Paris Club introduced this payment arrangement as to enable our contractors/inheritance beneficiary to receive their fund without any interfference. the Master Express Credit Card was contracted and powered by GOLD CARD WORLD WIDE. Reconfirm the following information to us for Security reason. 1.FULL NAME............................. 2.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM ..... 3.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER.................................. 4YOUR AGE ........................................ 5 . YOUR CURRENT OCCUPATION.......................................... 6.ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION....................................... Upon the receipt of this mail we are going to load your fund into the Master Express Credit Card and send a scan copy of the card to you before we will proceed to despatch the card directly to your nominated home addresss so you absolutely have nothing to worry about all we need is your Prompt Response and Co-operation by Gods Grace we will have a successfull Transaction. We awaiting for your immediate response. CONTACT REV.DR.LAWSON GEORGE ATM DIRECTOR .FINANCIAL BANK OF BENIN,Email To atmdeptfinancialbank01@yahoo.fr CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE. BEST REGARDS,MR VICTOR DOSOMDIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCEFOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,FINANCIAL BANK OF BENIN,COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
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