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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
• 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.
  • will_steph80@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: williams stephen <will_steph80@yahoo.ca>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:15:32 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: urgent reply needed


IT IS MY GREATEST PLEASURE TO WRITE TO YOU. HOW IS THE FAMILY, HOPE FINE. IF SO DOXOLOGY.
MY NAME IS WILLIAMS STEPHEN 21 YEAR AGE FROM SOUTH AFRICA, I CONCLUDED TO CONTACT YOU AFTER I DECIDED TO FOUND SOMEBODY WHO IS RELIABLE AND CAN ASSIST ME INVEST MY MONEY SAY [250 MILION US DOLLARS] IN YOUR COUNTRY.
I AM THE ONLY CHILD OF DR WLLIAMS ANGEL FORMER PERSONAL ADVICER TO MINISTER FOR DIAMOND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. SIR , MY FATHER WAS SHOT BY GUN MEN ON HIS WAY TO HIS OFFICE AND HE WAS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT WHILE HE DIED SOME DAYS AFTER, MAY HIS SOUL R.I.P AMEN. WHEN HE WAS ON THE SICK BED HE REVEALED TO ME ABOUT A SEALED BOX CONTAIN $250 MILLION U.S DOLLARS THAT HE HAD SECRETLY LOGED IN CASH IN A SECURITY COMPANY IN THAILAND AND THE SECURITY COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THE ACTUAL CONTENT OF THE CONSIGNMENT AS IT WAS REGISTERED AS FAMILY ANTIQUITIES WITH HIS DIPLOMATIC CONNECTION . MEANWHILE NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT THIS MONEY APART FROM MY LATE FATHER. ALL THE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS COVERING THE FUND IS WITH ME NOW.
PRESENTLY, I AM IN THALAND IN RESPECT OF THIS TRANSACTION THEREFORE I NEED YOUR ASSIST TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY TO YOUR CONUTRY. ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS TO BE AT THE RECEIVING NEED AND STAND AS MY GUARDIAN AND OUR BUSINESS PARTNER.
PLEASE DEAR, I NEED YOUR ASSISTANT TO TRANSFER THIS FUND INTO YOUR COUNTRY AND I WANT YOU TO LECTURE ME ON HOW BEST I CAN INVEST THIS MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY AS SOON AS THE MONEY BEEN TAKEN TO YOUR CONUTRY, I HAVE DECIDED TO OFFER YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WHILE ANOTHER 30% WILL BE MAP OUT TO DONATE TO HOMELESS AND ORPHANS, THEN REMAINING 40% SHALL BE INVEST FOR ME.
YOUR URGENT RESPOND IS HIGHLY NEEDED. PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR INTEREST THROUGH THIS PRIVATE. E-MAIL ADDRESS: will_steph80@yahoo.ca.





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