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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "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.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • +22993690826 (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.
  • chris_okama@yahoo.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "nweke dominic" <dominicnweke11@nsk.biz>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:32:09 +0200
Subject: CONTACT BARRISTER CHRIS FOR TRANSATION OF YOUR FUNDS.


Attn: Greeting to you ,
This to acknowledge you that your e-mail id is found among those that have
been scammed, and the competiation have been approved from the supreme high
court here in Benin and we are asked to contact you by the Benin president
on how to send you the ($1,250 000.00 Million) united state dollars by the
diplomatic courier and the fund as been cash in dollars here in Benin bank.
So you are advice to contact the lawyer in charges of this fund and his name
is BARRISTER CHRIS OKAMA and make sure you contact him with your full
Contact information such as.

(1) FULL NAME::::

(2) COUNTRY::::

(3) ADDRESS::::

(4) MOBILE AND HOME PHONE NUMBER:::

(5) OCCUPATION::::

(6) AGE AND SEX.:::::

For more information on how to make the money send to you because many
People complain about scamming every day from Benin and we are trying to
stop this fraudulent from Benin and am sure you that it will stop because we
are now working with the internet operation such as YAHOOMAIL.and also the
united state FBI and Benin police with Benin EFCC so the scam can be
eradicated in this country and I want you to follow your fund code which
follow bellow, and whish is given to you by the high court of Benin and the
code is (Be74678FGN) And I want you to keep this code, because this code
will ensure you and Alert you in any day you receive a scam e-mail from this
country.
And as soon as you contact BARRISTER CHRIS OKAMA with your full contact
information requested, he will be forward everything to the Benin presidency
office to issue out your award certificate as the rightful beneficiary,
Name:BARRISTER CHRIS OKAMA
E-mail Address :(chris_okama@yahoo.pl)
NUMBER;+229-93-69-08-26
CHAMBER NUMBER...189VC
CHOSE ONE
1.Bank to Bank is $175
2.courier service $155
THis is the infomation where to send it through Western Union as you chose
your own option.


RECEIVER NAME: OKOLO EMMANUEL .
ADDRESS :21 GERICO
CITY : COTONOU .
COUNTRY : REPUBLIC OF BENIN .
TEXT QUESTION :HONEST ?
ANSWER :TRUST .
AMOUNT.....
MTCN..............


Contact him in regarding of the fund to be deliver to you by the Diplomatic
courier service and also any beneficiary we be responsible for shipping fees
so as to avoid any scam and the fees is just only $155
Bank to Bank is only $175 so chose one and okey contact BARRISTER Chris and
you will receive your fund from the high court because as soon as you
contact the lawyer in charges of your fund he will alert the united state
bureau and also the your state police for the fund to be deliver to you
without any restriction and problem when the fund get to you in your
location area.

Thanks.
Best Regard
MR Dominic Nweke.

Anti-fraud resources:

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