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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million british pounds" (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)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "there are practically no risks involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "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 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.
  • hudsonjohn20@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • hudsonjohn2000@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR.JOHN HUDSON" <hudsonjohn20@rocketmail.com>
Reply-To: hudson_john2000@rocketmail.com
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:46:39 -0800 (PST)
Subject: PLEASE READ AND REPLY VERY URGENTLY


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: hudsonjohn20@rocketmail.com



- PLEASE READ AND REPLY VERY URGENTLY.From:MR.JOHN HUDSON E-mail:hudsonjohn2000@rocketmail.com Dear Friend,Please in the name of God i ask for your little time to read this message carefully to the excellency of our mutual benefit.So please read this email very gently and tell me what you think,if we can transact it togetheror not.And please after reading,if it does not interest you please kindly delet the mail and keep the secret of what you red within you.My name is JOHN HUDSON,i am the Operations Manager of Continental Bank Benin,Cotonou headquters Republic of Benin.I got your information when i was searching for an oversea partner among other names.I propose this to you in good faith;I am 52 years old, an Ethiopian white based in Benin Republic,married with four lovely kids.I have a very important business which i would like to execute with you which involves some reasonable amount of cash and no risk involve,i have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I,as the OPS manager in this bank it is my duty to send in a financial report to my headmen office in Potonovo at the end of each business year.On the course of the last year business report,i discovered that we made FIVE MILLION BRITISH POUNDS (5,000,000.00 GBPS) which our head office do not know about,and no single staff is aware of this surplus extra cash and will never be aware of it since i have wisely parckaged an arrangement to move out the money for myself as i intend to retire from service soon.I blinded the files.I have placed this funds in a temporary fixed suspense account without a beneficiary's name and awaiting data,so that it would be simply easy foranybody to claim peacefully.As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money,so my aim of contacting you is for you to apply and stand as the beneficiary to this money and order the bank to transfer it into your account with immediate effect.As soon as you receive it in your bank account,i agree that you will take 40% of the total funds as your commission.There are practically no risks involved in this event,it will be a bank-to-bank wire transfer,and all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of the fund who made the deposit with this bank so that my head office can order the transfer to any of your bank account that you shall indicated.I assure you that hence you apply as the beneficiary of the fund it shall be vividly released to you. If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much. Mail me with this email address (hudsonjohn2000@rocketmail.com)so that we can go over the details and i will give you my full information and relay to you more information on the money and explain to you how we should start the claim.Remember there is no risk involved,i promise.Thank you in advance and May God bless you and your family.Yours truly JOHN HUDSON Operations Manager Continetal Bank Benin

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