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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • oceanic_bank_05@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "danchukw03 Gazeta.pl" <danchukw03@gazeta.pl>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:19:04 +0200
Subject: CONTACT OCEANIC BANK FOR WIRE TRANSFER


Attention Dear Beneficiary,

We are very sorry for what happen to you since last year,
Now listen the reason this money is coming to you is that the government of
this country has found that you was scammed since last year and they have
arrested those that scammed people.So since yesterday after we did not hear
from you or receive your mail we have made arrangement with OCEANIC BANK
BENIN REPUBLIC on how to transfer your money into your bank account at your
country and note that your money which bank going to transfer is $800.000.00
and what you have to do right now is to contact the bank immediately so that
the manager will transfer your money into your bank account and be informed
that we have paid the bank for the open of new account fee for you. now
listen the money that remain which you can pay to him is wire transfer fee
which is only 150.00 to transfer your money directly into your bank account
at your coun try ok.

Try to contact bank through this.HON.MR.TONY HUBERT OCEANIC BANK MANAGER
MANAGER'S PHONE NUMBER..00229-93123740
FAX..00229-97438
EMAIL.... oceanic_bank_05@yahoo.fr

please make sure that you follow bank manager's instruction and forward all
your bank account detail where to transfer your money into and your current
telephone number.
This is information the Bank Manager need from you.
YOUR COUNTRY............
YOUR FULL NAME........
YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER............
NAME OF YOUR BANK................
OCCUPATION...........
HOME ADDRESS.....
MOBIL PHONE NUMBER.....
OFFICE NUMBER.........
HOME NUMBER............
AGE....
SEX....

May God Be With you
from ups company Manager
Benin Republic
Dr.Dan Chuk

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