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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • williamsadam_12@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "williams adams" <williamsadam_12@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 04:04:17 +0000
Subject: BUSSINES TRACSACTION OFFER

Dear friend,

Greeting from me. I hope this letter reaches you in happy and cheering
mood, pleased don't be surprised that I would be using this opportunity to
introduce a business proposal to you. I know that at the end you will count
yourself a lucky person after all.

I would make this proposal as brief as possible.In the year 2000, be rely
one year after he was sworn in as president, he inaugurated a team a team
that will ensure that he will a second term in 2003, luckily I was a member
of this team among other party member. We were asked and detailed to raise
money by all means using federal government ministry and prostates as a
springboard.

A lot of fictitious contract were created and awarded and we got the
money,and some of this contract for his campaign but fortunately some of
this contracts and their money are still reflecting in our book as unpaid
depts.Almost two years he won his second tenure. Now we need a
foreignpartner that will receive some of the money on some of this contract.

We will be prepared to start with {£35,000,000 }.We have put in place all
the machinery to transfer this money out of our country hitch free, your
share shall be 25%, our's shall be 65% and 5% is reserved for expenses that
may be made by both side.

This business can be concluded withing four weeks. We need a perfect
gently person who will never be greedy. It has to be such a person that will
make available what is due to all the stakeholders without trying anything
that is funny. This business is very confidential; fit meets your interests
communicate immediately, so that we can take off.
Please be informed that this business is highly classified and confidential.

Please contact me through williamsadam_12@yahoo.com
For your view in this proposal.
I meet anxiously for your reply.

Sincerely,
Mr Williams Adams.

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