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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:
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • gwilliams200619@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • gwilliams20061@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?Dr=20Gerald=20Williams?= <gwilliams200619@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: gwilliams20061@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 18:32:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: IMPORTANT INFORMATION


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: gwilliams200619@yahoo.com.ph

IMPORTANT INFORMATION


I am Dr Gerald Williams, a private financial consultant in United

Kingdom I am the personal financial / business consultant to a relative

of

yours? Name withheld. He died without any will. Hence, I am contacting

you. I need you to assist in securing the money and property left

behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable

by the bank where his huge deposits were lodged.


Particularly, the security company where the de! ceased had a safe

Deposit box valued Twenty million, ($20m) United States Dollars which

is in Europe.


Your relative signed vital documents to withhold identity from you

until you are able to claim the safe deposit box from the company in

London and find out yourself. I seek your consent to present you as

beneficiary, so that the proceeds of this account valued at $20 million

Dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money. The

sharing ratio will be 60% to you and 37% to me for my services, while 3%

should be for expenses or tax as your government may require.


If you consent to cooperate with me as the beneficiary, we will prepare

all necessary documents to back up claims providing proofs. All I

require

is your honest cooperation to enable us execute this deal with absolute

confidentiality from you. We guarantee that this will be done under a

legitimate/official arrangement that will protect you now and in

future.


Please get in touch with me by email to enable us advan ce

further.Reply to this address{Email:gwilliams20061@yahoo.com}



Best Regards

Dr Gerald Williams

Email: gwilliams20061@yahoo.com

- Dr Gerald Williams

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