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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:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • wiliam_chambers01@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "makamafra@terra.es" <makamafra@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:53:52 +0100 (MET)
Subject: RE: GET INTOUCH WITH WILLIAMS, FOR YOUR COMPENSATION OF FUND



My old friend,

How are you today and how is your family hope fine? Quite a long time I know you will receive this email message as a surprise, I have to change all my information so that there will not be any trace of this message and my where about as I have finally completed my transaction.
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner (Investor) from Europe as we agreed. I am on my way to Japan for conclusion of my investment projects with my own share of the total sum.meanwhile,we didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

You are to contact the Attorney who assisted us in securing and the sharing of Funds The Name of the Chamber is Williams& Co and his Name is Barrister Williams Abraham on email address:wiliam_chambers01@yahoo.com.hk tell him you are from me, ask him to send you, your shares of 15% of the fund as I told you earlier the investor is greedy he demanded for 40% of the total Sum after the fund has enters his account and we don’t have choose because already the fund was already in his account and we needed this transfer to happen.
From my 60% that is where I have shared you 15% because I could'nt have forgoting you so soon.
Please bear with me and accept the 15% I understand that you have putting so much effort but it happen this way. You have to accept it in this way as your compensation for all the past efforts and attempt to assist me in this matter.
I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touch with the above mentioned Attorney and instruct him where to send the amount to. As I have briefed him about you.

Yours Faithfully.

Mr. Francis Makama









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