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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:
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. David Maleke" <cossiiba57@ig.com.br>
Reply-To: davidmalekeboa@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:33:51 +0100
Subject: I need your fully trust


Dearest Sir/Madam

Can I entrust the sum of US$18.5m eighteen million five hundred thousand USD
to your care for our mutual benefit? If so, please forward your details.
This is very urgent and confidential and should be treated as such. I was
opportune to mop up the said amount from some unexecuted contracts in our
institution with the cooperation of our internal auditors during a quarterly
routine assessment, just concluded in Bank of Africa, Cotonou, Benin
Republic where I work as a manager in the foreign operation department.

To perfect this arrangement, I will raise a payment voucher in your favour
and include your name in our payment schedule for this month and funds paid
to you through our Europe or Asia affiliate as contract executed with our
bank. So forward your full names or company's name, address with which to
raise a payment voucher and secure internal approvals in a few days and
also, your private phone number for effective communication between us.
Being an insider here, be assured that a lot of protocols will be contravene
and the transfer process handled expressly. If this offer appeals to you, do
revert to me as a matter of urgency with your particulars.

Mr. David Maleke

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