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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Williams Challas" <williamschallas14@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: williamschallas15@walla.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:07:03 +0000
Subject: From Williams Challas.

Attention: Dear

My name is Williams Challas, i am writing you this mail only to ask if
you can be trusted, because my late father made a deposit of
$4,500,000.00 United States Dollars in a Bank in Europe, and for your
information, i am presently in Abidjan, Cote D' Ivoire under a refugee
camp, and my problem is on how i am going to get my freedom from the
Refugee camp and fly to Europe for the claims of my late father fund, but i
could not, because i don't have anybody that will help me with a letter
of invitation and as a refugee the law of this country will not allow
me to obtain a visa with my refugee identity card.

Furthermore, all i needed now from you, is for you to assist me to make
claims of the fund from the Bank in Europe, and after the
transferring of the fund to your account, you will help me to get my
freedom and send me a letter of invitation that will enable me to come and
meet you in your country.

In addition, if you have agreed to help me in this transaction, all i
needed is for you to reply me with your telephone and fax number
together with your full name and resident address, so it will enable me to
write a letter of authorization to the Bank in Europe for them
to contact with you directly for onward transfer of the fund.

Finally, may God bless you as i look forward to read from you.

Thanks and God bless you.

Yours ,

Williams Challas.

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