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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "million 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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +2348056029619 (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.
  • williamsmoore1965@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: willy moore <willymoore_1965@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:39:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT PLEASE


Dear Sir/Madam,

I want to transfer to overseas {$20,000,000] Twenty Million United
States dollars from Wema Bank Nigeria Plc.I would like, if you will be
capable and fit to Provide either an existing Bank account or to set
up a new Bank account immediately to receive this money, even an Empty
account can serve to receive this money, as long As you will remain
honest to me till the end of this Important business transaction.
I want to believe that you will never let me down either Now or in
future. I am Mr.Williams Moore Director of Accounts Department of Wema
Bank Nigeria Plc, during the course Of our auditing I discovered a
floating fund in an account Opened with our Bank in 2000 and nobody
has Operated on this account again, after going through some old
Files in the records I discovered that the owner of the Account died
without a heir hence the money is floating And if I do not remit this
money out urgently it will be Forfeited for nothing.
The owner of this account was Engr.Andrew Meyer ,a National of your
country, and an Industrialist, he died since 2002 and no other person
knows about this account or anything Concerning it, the account has no
beneficiary and my Investigation proved to me as well that Engr.Andrew
Meyer Until his death was a Manager with an oil firm in Nigeria. I am
contacting you as a foreigner because this Money can only be approved
to a foreigner with a Foreign account because the Money is in us
dollars and the former owner of the account Engr. Andrew Meyer is a
foreigner.
I am revealing all this to you with the belief that You will never let
me down in this business, you are The first and the only person I am
contacting for the Business so Please reply urgently for me to tell
you The next Step to take.
You should forward your telephone/fax numbers and your Residential
address, which is also needed. You will have To give me the assurance
when we meet that this money Will be intact pending my physical
arrival in your Country for sharing and disbursement of the fund which
Will be 35% for your assistance, 60% will be for us while 5% will be
set aside to take care of all the Expenses that will be incurred by
both parties during The course of the transfer.
I look forward to your earliest response immediately or give me a call
for more details.+234-805-602-9619. You can reply with this email id: (williamsmoore1965@hotmail.com)

Yours faithfully,
Mr.Williams Moore.


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