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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.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +2348058563396 (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.
  • williams_sa77@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "abraham" <williams_sa77@myway.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 23:20:25 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE/URGENT


FROM THE DESK OF WILLIAMS.S.ABRAHAM,WILLIAMS.S.ABRAHAM CHAMBERS,NO 48 RACE COURSE COMPLEX,VICTORIA ISLAND,Telephone : +234 80585 63396Email: williams_sa77@myway.com

Dear VICTIMNAME VICTIMNAME,

Thanks for your e mail i am really sorry i have not been able to get back to you due to pressure of work particularly on my legal representations, but now i am back and free. I can assure you that this will be the beginning of something good to come our way as such i term it GOLDEN OPPURTUNITY .

Honestly before i contacted you I have made several attempts for over 5 years to locate his closest relation without any good result before i contacted you when i was served with a notice by the Centre Point bank to provide his next of kin for transfer of his inherittance funds , and i tell you in all honesty that i prayed over this transaction before i contacted so dealing with you is by divine revelations not ordinary ,moreover it is safe. Actually i know your father before his death, he was indeed a legend and a prophet, Yes what he taught you about trusting no one is real but like i have assured you this transaction will be the beginning of something good to come our way as it will definitely open a new chapter in our livers as we hope to be life business partners as soon as this is concluded.

Like i mentioned to you it is all about working out this deal together so that at the end the inherittance funds left behind by Late Mark VICTIMNAME Mcdow will be transferred into yur bank Account without any risk. To push this risk free transaction forward since you have assured me of your full participation, i want you to send as a matter of urgency your full contact telephone number and address as soon as you receive this e mail so that the process of getting this inherittance claim concluded will commence without anyother delay.

I want to inform you through this meduim that i have filed on your behalf some inherittance claim papers with the Centre Point Bank for their consideration while presenting you as the next of kin to late Mark VICTIMNAME Mcdow for the claiming of this US5.3 Million dollars , so i can assure you that delibration is going on in our favour with a view of approving the inherittance claim before transferring into your Bank Account.

Please it will be nice we speedy this venture as time is no longer on our side , i want you therefore to give me a call once you go through this e mail. You are free to ask me question on any area you may need clarifications okay.

Regards,

Barrister William S Abraham





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