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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447024083044 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • revdavidwilliams18@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "revdavid williams" <revdavidwilliams30@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:57:39 +0100
Subject: urgent attn


*THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
WORLD BANK FACT-FINDING & SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICE*
* P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
TEL:+44 70 24083044
EMAIL:revdavidwilliams18@yahoo.co.uk*
**
*Greetings to you,*
**
*I am Rev. Father Rev.David Williams, a senior staff with the World
Bankfact finding & special duties office. I am writing you this letter
because
cool penny is better than million of dollars. It is better for one to live
and die poor honest man than a rich dishonest one. *
**
*The Chief security officer (CSO) of this organization and I have arranged
with an officer in computer section, engineer Peter Cliff has agreed to
bring out part of your total sum amounting to US$10 Million, why we did this
is because according to information gathered from the bank's/security
computer, you have been waiting for a long time to receive your money
without success. *
**
*As I found out that you have almost met all the statutory requirements in
respect of your fund settlement. Your problem is that of interest groups. A
lot of people are interested in your payment and those people are merely
doing papers works with you and that is why you receive messages from
different people every day. Also we found out that some of the officials of
the parasitals have been extorting a lot of money from you with the pretext
of helping you to receive your money. I can assure you that this may last
for years yet nothing happens, if you do not do away with those officers you
call your partners, and for security reasons. *
*Do not tell anybody that you have your money until you receive cash at your
doorstep. please get back to me for more information.*
**
**
*Yours faithfully,
Rev. Father Rev.David Williams*
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