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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:
  • "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • oceanicbankbeninplc33@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:07:39 +0200
Subject: CONTACT OCEANIC BANK FOR WIRE TRANSFER


Attention=0ADear Beneficiary,=0AWe are very sorry for what happen to you si=
nce last year,=0ANow listen the reason this money is coming to you is that =
the government of this country has found that you was scammed since last ye=
ar and they have arrested those that scammed people.=0ASo since yesterday a=
fter we did not hear from you or receive your mailwe have made arrangement =
with OCEANIC BANK BENIN REPUBLIC on how to transfer your money into your ba=
nk account at your country and note that your money which bank going to tra=
nsfer is $800.000.00 and what you have to do right now is to contact the ba=
nk immediately so that the manager will transfer your money into your bank =
account and be informed that we have paid the bank for the open of new acco=
unt fee for you. now listen the money that remain which you can pay to him =
is wire transfer fee which is only 150.00 to transfer your money directly i=
nto your bank account at your coun try ok.=0ATry to contact bank through th=
is.=0AHON.MR.TONY HUBERT OCEANIC BANK MANAGER=0AMANAGER'S PHONE NUMBER..002=
29-93404467=0AFAX..00229-97438=0AEMAIL.... (oceanicbankbeninplc33@gmail.com=
)=0Aplease make sure that you follow bank manager's instruction and forward=
all your bank account detail where to transfer your money into andyour cur=
rent telephone number.=0AThis is information the Bank Manager need from you=
.=0AYOUR COUNTRY............=0AYOUR FULL NAME........=0AYOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER=
............=0ANAME OF YOUR BANK................=0AOCCUPATION...........=0A=
HOME ADDRESS.....=0AMOBIL PHONE NUMBER.....=0AOFFICE NUMBER.........=0AHOME=
NUMBER............=0AAGE....=0ASEX....=0AMay God Be With you=0Afrom ups co=
mpany Manager=0ABenin Republic=0AMr.JOHNSON EDRISON

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