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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:
  • "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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • bensonjoe30@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: benson joe <bensonjoe24@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <bensonjoe200@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:37:03 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY MY BELOVED



















MANAGING PARTNER
BENSON JOE
& SOLICITORS
415 ROYAL LIVER BUILDING,
PIER HEAD, LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.
EMAIL bensonjoe30@hotmail.com

Re: NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST

On
behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr.Reinhard
Hermann, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter to you
returned undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same
email address on the WILL.

I wish to notify you that Late
Engr. Reinhard Hermann made you a Beneficiary to his WILL. He left the
sum of Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
($17,500.000.00 USD) to you in the codicil and last testament to his
WILL. This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real
and true. Being a widely traveled man, he must have been in contact
with you in the past or simply you were recommended to him by one of
his numerous Friends abroad who wished you good.

Engr
Reinhard Hermann until his death was a member of the Helicopter Society
and the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers. He had a
very good heart and was a philanthropist. His great philanthropy
earned him numerous awards during his life time. I.e.UNO, WHO, &
UNESCO.

Late Engr. Reinhard Hermann died on the 13th day of
December, 2007. At the age of 80 years, and his WILL is now ready for
execution. According to him this money is to support your humanitarian
activities and to help the poor and the needy in your society. Please
if I reach you this time as I am hoping, endeavor to get back to me as
soon as possible to enable me conclude my job. I hope to hear from you
in no distant time.

Sincerely yours,
BARR BENSON JOE (ESQ).
B JOE &
SOLICITORS


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