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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +2348076278492 (Nigeria, 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.
  • gorgewilliams001@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: GORGE WILLIAMS <gorgewilliams116@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <gorgewilliams001@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:34:36 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT PLEASE



FROM THE DESK OF GORGE WILLIAMS

#8 IDOWU TAYLOR STREET
VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS NIGERIA,
TELL= +234-8076278492
EMAIL: gorgewilliams001@yahoo.com

Dearest


With good faith i have come to you about this Legitimate Business of mine, but i must first introduce to you my goodself. I am Gorge Williams of Citi Bank , I am the personal accountant to Mr.Patrick (Snr) a nationale of your country, who used to work with shell development company here in Nigeria.On the 21st june 2005,our customer andhis wife And their three children were involved in a car accident along sagbama express road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there live.Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of his extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and property left behind by our customer before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by our bank where he deposited sum of US$ 7.2 million dollars , the banking guidelines stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed for over a period of time 2 years and few months, with the account unservicable the money will be Confisicated and this will happen after the next few weeks if nobody comes for the money Since we have not seen anybody for the money and his property for the last two years and our bank has been notifying the Rotary club for the past one year, Now I seek your consent to present yourself as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$7.2 million dollars can be paid to you as the next of kin.I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please, you can also get in touch with me through this email: To enable us discuss more: gorgewilliams001@yahoo.com
I will companset you with 40% of the total fund , Please favoure this massage with an immidiate reply I am looking forward to hearing from you soonest.Best regards,GORGE WILLIAMS

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