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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "WILLIAMS FRANK" <williamskanayo019@msn.com>
Reply-To: williamskanayo@zonai.com
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 04:31:32 +0000
Subject: RE;Frank Williams

Protocol officer,
Elstree way
Borehamwood
Hertfordshire
WD6 IGA, London,
United kingdom.

2:12 PM 4/20/2006

Dear Sir
REPATRIATION OF $65.5M
Following the approvals received by this office recommending for the
immediate repatriation of the above referenced fund and having been listed
in category \"A\" foreign creditors, you are by this notice informed that
your assistance is required in receiving the approved fund floating in an
offshore payments Account in Holland.

This is as result of grossly over invoiced contracts which were executed by
a (Deceased) national of Foreign country on the Oil Refineries in Saudi
Arabia.This contract was deliberately over invoiced to the tune of US$65.5m
Million Dollars. This was a deal by my committee to benefit from the
project. I have therefore been mandated as a matter of trust to look for a
foreign partner into whose account we could transfer the sum of
USD65,500,000.00 (sixty-five million, five hundred thousand Us Dollars
only). We have agreed to share the funds thus: 80% for us and 20% for
account owner (you). If you are interested, please forward the following
information to:

(1) Your Name/company\'s name and full address,
(2) Your telephone and fax numbers.
(3) Your contact Tel/Fax No.
(4) Your Occupation
(5) Valid ID
Upon the receipt of the above details, payment will be activated by the
feeding of your data into payment system, followed by a signal that will be
sent to the paying bank to remit funds into your nominated bank account
within 7 official working days of receipt of the above information. Your
swift response will be highly appreciated.

Best regards
Frank Williams

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