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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "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: "JONATHAN DONOE" <jonadonoe01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: joedonoee@live.fr
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:53:15 +0100
Subject: URGENT AND IMPORTANT


**
*Dear FRIEND,
I am Mr. Jonathan DONOE, May I have your urgent attention on this matter?
I am a chattered accountant with DIAMONDBANK PLC.There's an urgent business
proposal that I would like to share with you. One of my client deposited the
sum of $9.6,000,000.00 (NINE MILLION AND SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS) with my bank On the 10th July 2007.

My Client a venezuelan citizen, his wife and their two children were
involved in a drasticplane crash with his entire family, enrout to his home
town. I have tried to locate their surviving relatives, by checking all
available clientelle files in the bank as well as public files and
embassies,but all my efforts had proved abortive.
Bellow is the link on the crash scene, which was part of my findings,
**
www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/seminole/orl-bk-eyewitnesses07107,0,1946839.story?coll=orl_tab01_layout
*<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/seminole/orl-bk-eyewitnesses07107,0,1946839.story?coll=orl_tab01_layout>
* - 71k
However, now that i have finally confirmed that this client really died on
that crash, and the account has been domant all these while. The bank
normally carryout her general auditing on domant voult accounts every year,
so once the bank discovers the domant voult, the bank totally holds claim of
the money.

And this year's audit is scheduled for 30th September 2008. so before then I
would like to have this fund transferred in your care as soon as possible as
the relative and/or next of kin to the deaseased,so that we can share the
fund.

Let me know if you are interested on this deal, so I will feed you with the
procedure and the rest information that you would like to know.

Further, as am a foreigner representing the bank's cooperate headquarters,
in her foreign remittance department of her regional coperate headquarters
in Cotonou benin republic. Also Since i am not able to claim these funds all
by myself here, a foreign partner is obligatory. Be advised that all
relevant documents needed to receive the approbation with the bank will be
obtained and transmitted to you as to have all the dun's legal documents
before the bank transfers the fund to you.

Meanwhile, I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not
disappoint me. reply to my private box (joedonoee@live.fr) *

*Regards.
Mr. Joe Donoe*
*Cattered Accountant*
*Diamond Bank PLC.*

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