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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:
  • "ich habe eine neue e-mail-adresse!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • +2348054866322 (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.
  • worldwidefinaceltd@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?World=20Wide=20Finance=20Ltd?= <worldwidefinaceltd@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: james_nai@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 16:15:39 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: I await your response


Ich habe eine neue E-Mail-Adresse!Ich bin jetzt unter folgender E-Mail-Adresse zu erreichen: worldwidefinaceltd@yahoo.de

From : Mr. James Kenny

World Wide Finance Ltd

Tel:234-8054866322



We are Diplomats that use our immunity and status to safekeep special


and valuable packages and baggage in trust for reputable clients that are


honest and trustworthy. We work in collaboration with top firms and


Governments of various countries as we have earned a name as a service


whose hallmarks in reliability and confidentiality are revered. International


missions, Fellow Diplomats and Embassies of the world have used our


services to satisfaction.


A benefactor has mandated me to get someone that can assist her and


her family in retrieving her package containing some amount of money


from a Diplomatic Corps. The benefactor have been confined only to their


country home and all their calls and movements are monitored, as a


result, its absolutely impossible for them to do anything as regards


retrieving the money.


You are being contacted because your assistance is needed in claiming


the funds on her behalf. In order to clear any misgivings or doubts that


you may have, it is imperative that I give you an insight of who the


benefactor is. I do not know how conversant you are with events and the


fragile political situation in Africa but it has made consistent headlines on


CNN, BBC and several news bulletins around the world. The benefactor is


Mrs Sharma Adenuga, a widow to Late Chief Martins Adenuga. Who her


late husband and her only son were killed during the Ogoni Crisis some


years back.


She inherited the money from her late husband who was an industrialist


and international businessman. The amount in question is $38 .6M (Thirty


Eight Million, Six Hundred thousand U.S.Dollars) and these funds are fully


free of any liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and has no


criminal origin. The funds have nothing to do with any form of illegality.


For your assistance in this transaction, the benefactor have agreed to


give you 25% of the total amount of money for your role in this


transaction which involves retrieving the funds on her behalf from the


Diplomats and all the information needed to claim the funds would be


sent to you as soon as you indicate your interest in assisting her as well


as providing your full contact information to facilitate the smooth


conclusion of the transaction such as:


Your Full Name:

Your contact address:

Telephone Number:

Fax Number:


I await your response.


Thanks,

Mr. James Kenny



- World Wide Finance Ltd

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