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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:
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • +22993410337 (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.
  • oceanicb@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Gomez SOGLO" <gomezsoglo3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gomezsoglo@hotmail.fr
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 10:06:44 +0100
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION THROUGH ATM CARD


YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION THROUGH ATM CARD

INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
OCEANIC BANK OF BENIN ,
COTONOU-BENIN REPUBLIC.
NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENT BY ATM CARD

Attn:Beneficiary,

We hereby officially notifying you about the present arrangement to pay you
your over due contract/inheritance fund through(ATM CARD)This arrangement
was initiated/constituted by the World Bank and Paris Club, due to
fruadelent activities going on within the African Region.

The World Bank and Paris Club introduced this payment arrangement as to
enable our contractors/inheritance beneficiary to receive their fund without
any interfference. the ATM CARD are powered by GOLD CARD WORLD WIDE.

Upon the receipt of this mail we are going to load your fund into the ATM
CARD and send a scan copy of the card to you before we will proceed to
despatch the card directly to your nominated home addresss so you absolutely
have nothing to worry about all we need is your Prompt Response and
Co-operation by Gods Grace we will have a successfull Transaction.

In View of this,you are advised to contact the Director (OBB,IRD,ATM)
REV.JOHN BEN for further information with the following contact as soon as
you receive this message for further update.

Contact Person: REV.JOHN Ben
Telephone line: +229 93410337.
Emails: oceanicb@yahoo.fr

Reconfirm the following information to him for Security reason.
1)YOUR FULL NAME
2)YOUR RECEIVING ADDRESS.
3)YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER
4)YOUR PROFESSION.

Best regards,
Kofi Menshal
Secretary

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