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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:
  • "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.
  • +2348088153716 (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.
  • hw.lawoffice@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Harry Williams <harrywilliams30@live.com>
Reply-To: <hw.lawoffice@yahoo.it>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:49:09 +0000
Subject: From Barr Harry Williams Esq



HARRY WILLIAMS AND ASSOCIATES.Solicitors and advocates.Victoria Island lagosNigeria.cell: +234 8088 153716E-mail: hw.lawoffice@yahoo.it Attn:
My name is Barr Harry Williams Esq, of the above address. I am contacting you in regards to a businesstransaction of a large sum of money from a dormantaccount. Though I know that a transaction of thismagnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you that all will be well at the endof the day.I wish to know if we can work together.I would likeyou to stand as the next of kin to my deceased clientwho made some deposited the sum of ($19 million USdollars) in a local bank.He died without any registerednext of kin and as such the funds now have an openbeneficiary mandate.Moreover it appears you arerelated to him by the virtue of your last names. If you are interested you do let me know so that I cangive you comprehensive details on what we are to do.I urgently hope to get your response as soon aspossible.
Sincerely,Harry Williams Esq..
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