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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • "a reliable and reputable person to handle this" (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.
  • teddywilliams9@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: teddy williams <teddy@teddy8.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:17:25 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?MR_=C2=A0TEDDY_=C2=A0WILLIAMS,?=


MR TEDDY WILLIAMS,
BRANCH MANAGER:
BANK OF MAURISIUS,
E-mail add:teddywilliams@f10.com
ALT; teddywilliams9@myway.com

Dear Sir,
First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue
of its nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET. Though I know
that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.
i have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you, I am Mr Teddy Williams,special friend to Late Engineer Johnson Creek, who was banking with our Bank for quite a long time before his sudden death. to Late Engineer Johnson Creek. I came to know of you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.
MY PROPOSITION
A foreigner, Late Engineer Johnson Creek, an Engineer/Contractor with
the Federal Government of Marius's, until his death three years ago in a
ghastly air crash, he banked with the Bank of Marius's. My client had a
balance of US$9.5M (Nine Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars only) which the bank now unquestionably expects it to be claimed by
any available foreign next-of-kin of the Late beneficiary. Fervent valuable
efforts are being made by the Bank to locate his next-of-kin without
success and since I am his personal friend, a letter was sent to me to provide his next of kin or relatives, which I tried but proved to no avail.
It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any
of Late Engr. Johnson Creek's next-of-kin (he died with his wife and children) at the accident which claim the life of entire family.The management under the influence of the chairman and member of the board of directors, has given some estimated period of time for necessary next of kin come up or that the fund should be declared "UNCLIMBABLE" until the next-of-kin of late Engr. Johnson Creek comes to claim the fund.
So myself and two confident colleagues in the bank, now seek your permission to have you stand as a next-of-kin to Late Engr. Johnson Creek so that the funds would be
released and paid into your bank account as the beneficiary next-of-kin, all
documents and proves to enable you get this fund US$9.5m will be carefully
worked out by me and more so we are assuring you of a 100% risk free
involvement. Your share stays while the rest would be for my confident and
myself. I will meet with you in your country to get what belong to my
confident and I upon the completion of this transaction.
My partners and I have agreed that upon the successful conclusion of
this transaction the three parties will meet for the final disbursement
of this US$9.5m. If this proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to
take undue advantage of the trust, we hope to bestow on you and your
company, then kindly get back to me immediately via all the above
contacts for security reason, Furnish me with your most confidential
telephone, fax number and exclusive bank particulars so that we can use
these information to apply for the release and subsequent transfer of
the funds in your favour.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated co-operation.
Yours faithfully
MR TEDDY WILLIAMS.
N.B.Sharing razio will be discussed before we commence further procedures.

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