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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
  • "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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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 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.
  • +22997561225 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Fusa G Aballo" <lwncluk9@ig.com.br>
Reply-To: dr.fusagaballo@live.fr
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 21:36:14 +0200
Subject: TRUTH OF YOUR MATTER.


From The Desk Of,
Dr. Fusa G Aballo
Head Of Operations.
Bank Of Africa Benin (BOA)
Hotline: + 229 975 612 25

Dear Friend,

THE TRUTH BEHIND YOUR BENEFICIARY FUNDS

I am delighted to contact you on a private note based on your funds claim,
which was re-deposited in Bank of Africa Benin and has been programmed for
transfer into your designated bank account through my department. I
apologize to you for the delay in releasing these funds into your account,
which was caused by me because of breach of agreement between me and your so
called partners.

They agreed that they would give me the sum of US$200,000 (CASH) on my
acceptance to assist them transfer the funds into your account.

As I made some fruitful efforts on the business and demanded my
US$200,000.00 as agreed.

Your partners deviated from the agreement and decided to outsmart me and go
through the International Remittance Department - IRD, not knowing that the
IRD is under my control.
I got the knowledge of their evil plans and proved their efforts abortive.
That was why you may have been pursing this payment, spending unnecessary
funds to some fraudulent individuals and impostors who claimed to be in
charge.

I am also aware that they now contact you and parade themselves as staffs
and managements of various banks, some even claim to be Barristers of
different kinds and some also go as far as claim to be me Dr. Fusa G Aballo.
They are all decieving them selves and will not be able to get the funds out
the Bank Of Africa Benin as far as I am concerned.

I henceforth advice you to suspend any dealings from any group of person(s)
either from the BOA or any other financial institution / parastatals in
Benin or overseas. And also on no account must you let them know of my
contact with you.

The fund which you are the righful beneficiary, is still floating in your
names in BOA and under my control, waiting for a proper documentation and
claim.

Now with my whole heart I want to enter into real business with you on a
sincere agreement.

1. On an agreement, I assure you that I will transfer the funds US$3.9
million into your account. ( Three million nine hundred thousand US dollars
).
That is the original sum, not previous as mentioned by your so called
partners.

2. You will assure me of keeping my dealings with you to an utmost secrecy
because of my position in the government.

3. You will promise to remit 30% of the total funds to me as soon as the
fund gets into your account with a written promissory note signed by you.

Thanks for adhering to this instruction. As soon as you receive this email,
call me via my hotline + 229 975 612 25.
or email via my private mail:



dr.fusagaballo@live.fr


I await your favourable response for more details.

God bless you.

Dr. Fusa G Aballo.
Head Of Operations.
Bank Of Africa Benin (BOA)
Hotline: + 229 975 612 25

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