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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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • fr_williamschambers@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FRED WILLIAMS" <frwilliamschamber8@msn.com>
Reply-To: fr_williamschambers1@myway.com
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 19:28:27 +0000
Subject: Attn: Sir

FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER FRED WILLIAMS,
FRED WILLIAMS CHAMBERS,
PLOT 264 VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS NIGERIA
EMAIL:fr_williamschambers@myway.com

Dear Sir,

Please accept my unsoilicited mail to you.firstly,let me introduce myself to
you.Iam Barrister Fred Williams a solicitor at law.I am the personal
attorney to Mr.Salyer A.Rayn,native of your country,who is based and work
with the LNG (liquified Natural Gas) company here in Abuja Nigeria. who died
on Alaska Airlines Flight 261.On 4th February 2000, my client, his wife And
their two children were involved in a Acraft accident . All occupants of the
Alaska Airlines Flight unfortunately lost there lives.For further enquiry
view the web-site for more
details.<<http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/,


Since then, I have requested for a lot information to your embassy to locate
any of my clients extended relatives this has also proved
unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to search
for his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his
family.Henceforth, I contacted you to assist me in repatriating the money
and property left behind by my late client before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the Security Finance where the fund was
deposited.Apparently, the finance institute where the deceased had an
account valued at about USD$15.5 million dollars has issued me a notice to
provide the next of kin or have the account confisicated within the
next fourteen official working days.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over some years
now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you have the same surname or last name so that the proceeds of this
account valued at USD$15.5 million dollars can be paid to you and then you
and me can share the money.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim
we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us achieve
our goal. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law or
interpol.Please get back to me in my private email
box(fr_williamschambers@myway.com} and send to me your telephone and fax
numbers to enable our further discussion about this transaction.

Thanks and God bless you.

Best regards,
Barrister Fred Williams


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