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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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
• 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.
  • collins_chynoo001@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sergius Okafor" <sergiusokafor2@email.bg>
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:55:37 +0200
Subject: ATTENTION BENEFICIARY




&nbsp;From The Director of OperationsInternational Credit SettlementFinancial
Trust Bank.&nbsp;ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY&nbsp;WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION
SECTION 17 OF DECREE 114 OF THE 1999 CONSTITUTION.We have been informed that
your outstanding funds with the Federal Government are yet to be received due
to non-fulfillment of the legal required obligations as approved in respect of
your payment.&nbsp;On this faithful reconcilliation, we discovered that you've
been dealing with none officials of the bank and agencies on the attempt to
secure the release of your funds. We wish to bring to your notice that we are
neck deep to check this gross misconduct by this syndicates who slight down
our dignities to international communities. With the combine effort of the
United Nation Anti-crime commission to alleviate and redeem the image and past
wounds of some foreigners and firms who were de frauded of thier money on the
course of trying to receive thier payment. The Federal Government is already
compensating some individuals and firms with substantial evidence that their
money was falsefuly collected from them. The sanity at present is $800,000
.000 to each of those victims. "This is a secret" We have decided to bring a
solution to your own problem. Right now we have arranged your payment through
our swift Automatic Teller Machine Card payment center Asia pacific, which is
the test instruction by the newly elected president Yayi Boni, Republic of
benin.&nbsp; This card center will send you the Automatic Teller Machine Card
which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM VISA machine in any part
of the world, but the maximum is Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars Only per
day, so if you will like to receive your fund this way let us know by
contacting the card payment center and also send the following information
please:&nbsp; 1. Your full name2. Phone and fax number3. Address where you
want the ATM card to be sent to (P.O box not acceptable)4. Your age and
current occupation5. Copy of your identity contact person&nbsp; The ATM card
payment center has been mandated to issue US$2,500,000.00 to you as part
payment for this fiscal year 2008. Also for your information you have to stop
any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s). This is to
avoid any further problem in finalizing your payment. Email me back as soon as
you receive this email for further direction in this regard and also update me
on any development from the above-mentioned office.&nbsp; Note: that because
of impostors, we hereby issued you our code , which is (781) so you have to
indicate this code when contacting the card center.You can as well reply
directly to my official email box (collins_chynoo001@yahoo.fr), But strictly
with the CODE(781) as the SUBJECT.&nbsp; YOURS SINCERELY, From the Desk
Of:Chief Dr.Collins ChynooPaymaster General Financial Trust BankJohnke Square
Cotonuo Benin Republic,Tel:0022993093861

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam