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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +22993488281 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • @yahoo.fr
  • federalbureauofinvestigation@yahoo.fr
  • atm_departmentcenter@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "office file" <fed1@gala.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:24:58 +0100
Subject: FROM FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION


*Federal Bureau of Investigation
*<http://www.fbi.gov/libref/executives/director.htm>
**
*ROOM 4-230, KALANIANAOLE FOB
300 ALA MOANA BOULEVARD HONOLULU, HAWAII 96850-0053*
* EMAIL:*
*federalbureauinvestigation18**@yahoo.fr<http://us.mc386.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=federalbureauofinvestigation@yahoo.fr>
*
*http://www.fbi.gov...*



*
Attn: Honorable Beneficiary. *
*

We the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI Honolulu) United States Of
America have discovered through our intelligent monitoring network that you
have a transaction going on as either inheritance payment,Lottery or
contract payment of $1.5 Millions of United States Dollars which have been
approved but have not been settled.


This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract /
inheritance file ater close monitoring and found out why you have not
received your payment,both on your part and on the part of your debtors.


Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with the non
officials in the bank who are attempting to secure the release of your fund
to you. We wish to advise you that this is illegal and you should stop
further communication with them forthwith because such an illegal act like
this can lead to cancellation of your fund.
* **

*We have been having so many complains from people who have been scammed
arround the world hence,after concluding in a meeting with members of
the International
Monetary Fund (IMF), we came to a conclusion that every payment will be made
through the ADB in the Republic Of Benin . We also concluded on the use of
ELECTRONIC ATM PAYMENT SYSTEM as the only direct means to pay all
beneficiaries.
*
*
By this method,your funds will be loaded in two batches into an ATM card,
and sent to you, from this card you can withdraw a maximum of US$15,000 per
day from any ATM machine worldwide,BUT from the financial houses there is no
limit. *


*So if you would like to receive your funds in this way please send your
following information to the paying bank.*
*

1. Full name...........................*
*
2. Full address.............................
* *3.Your balance payment........**....................*
*
4. Your age, sex and current occupation- ..............

5. Your Country..............................................

6.Your Phone Number....................................


Below are the contact details of the PAYING BANK in the Republic Of Benin to
whom you will send your information for the processing of the ATM card as
soon as possible:


CONTACT PERSON: REV DR CHRIS ALBERT
HEAD OF OPERATIONS,ATM CARD PAYMENT SYSTEM
DEBT SETTLEMENT COMMISSION,
WEST AFRICAN OCEANIC BANK PLC
370 CHURCH STREET,PRETORIA,
E144QJ REPUBLIC OF BENIN
EMAIL:(atm_departmentcenter@yahoo.fr<http://us.mc386.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=atm_departmentcenter@yahoo.fr>
)
**DIRECT PHONE NUMBER: 00229-93-48-82-81.**


The DEBT SETTLEMENT COMMISSION has been mandated to issue out your payments
for this fiscal year 2008. Also for your information, you have to stop any
further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) who claim that
to be established agents using it to defraud innocent people worldwide.This
is to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment.


THANKS FOR LISTENING TO OUR ADVISE:*
*
Faithfully Yours,
MR .ROBERT S. MUELLER, III
FOR COROPORATE AFFAIRS
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI Honolulu))
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA*

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