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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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447024064849 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • williamdayo@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR.GEORGE AMAH" <georgeamah@terra.com.mx>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:31:27 +0000
Subject: Compensation


Dear Friend,

Hope this mail will fine you in an excellent condition of health. I'm
happy to inform you about my successful in getting the inheritance fund
of US$15 million transferred under the co-operation of a new partner
from London. Presently I'm in London Uk for investment projects with my
own share of the total sum.

Meanwhile I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in transferring those funds despite that it failed us somehow because
of lack of wisdom.

Kindly contact my secretary in Nigeria, mr willams dayo on him
email address (williamdayo@yahoo.com) and ask him to direct you on how to get
the total sum of US$250,000.00 which I deposited as a confirmable draft
as your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to assistme
in this matter. I really appreciated your efforts at that time very much and I am a God fairing man and I promised my God that I will not sit on somebody's sweat and so far God has made it possible for me to come this far. So feel free and get in touch with my Secretary ;email;williamdayo@yahoo.com to direct you very well.
Thanks Oncemore for all your efforts, though I cannot afford to lose
this fund. I am sorry as there is nothing I can do than this and I want
you to share this joy with me since I used your information and it made
this to comes through but due to lack of understanding.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferings. I'm very busy here because of the investment Projects, which me and my new partner have at hand.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to My secretary on
your behalf to receive those money. Feel free to get in touch with
mr williams dayo through the above contact information.

You can reach me on this number +44 70240-64849

Regards.


Barr george amah

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