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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • w_adams_999@yahoo.com.mx (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?WILLIAMS=20ADAMS?= <w_adams_999@yahoo.com.mx>
Reply-To: williams_adams999@o2.pl
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:17:19 +0800 (CST)
Subject: PERSONAL LETTER PLEASE KINDLY TREAT AS URGENT THANK YOU.


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a: w_adams_999@yahoo.com.mx

DEAR FRIEND

PERSONAL LETTER PLEASE KINDLY TREAT AS URGENT THANK


WILLIAMS

- Dear friend, My name is Mr.Williams Adams, The Chief Auditor of the Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. During my last auditing at this Bank (Union Bank of Nigeria Plc), we discovered the sum $11.2 Million owned by one of our customer by name Late Engr.Dennis McGrann, who was in the American Airlines Flight 11, Boston to Los Angeles, that crashed into World Trade Center, on September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on America at the World Trade Center Towers in New York City and The Pentagon in Washington. All efforts to reach the relatives of Late Engr.Dennis McGrann for the past Years have not yielded any positive result. In the last Board Meeting, the Directors jointly decided that Engr.Dennis McGrann's Money should be included in the annual profit for the year 2005.This is the debate going on at the moment with different opinions from the Directors of Union Bank. Since Mrs.Chesney was the one who introduced Engr.Dennis McGrann to the bank, she objected to this decision and demanded that the fund remains floating in
the treasury for another two years to see if we could actually get any of the relatives of Late Engr.Dennis McGrann to claim the money. This is the main reason why I am contacting you. I will like you to help us in claiming the money out from the Union Bank, as Late Engr.Dennis McGrann's Next-of-Kin. The Code System Information for your application will be giving to you. Any information about this transaction is in Mrs.Chesney's possession, but she does not want any person to know about this arrangement please for security reasons. We have first time information that the deceased person has no relation since they all died in the 9-11 attack. I and Mrs.Chesney are willing to share the Money with you on a 20% to you and 75% percent for us while 5% is set for any expenses incurred in the cost of the arrangement of the transfer to your account. All I need you to do is to put up claims as Next-of-Kin to Late Engr.Dennis McGrann; I will send all the documents to you, Once this is done, the Legal and Accountin
g Departments will have the fund processed and wired to your Account, then we can meet to share the money together in your country. Please I want you to keep this information very Confidential as the exposure of this information jeopardize my job. If you are not willing to take part, then I will beg you to disregard the information. Let me have your response as soon as possible. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Thank you and God bless you. Regards Mr. Williams Adams.

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