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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.
• 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.
  • wallace_williams4@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Wallace Williams" <wwilliam1@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: wallwill09@yahoo.dk
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:46:04 +0000
Subject: Inquiry

Good Day,

I represent a top company executive in

London (U.K). I have a very sensitive and

private brief from this top executive to

ask for your partnership to re-profile

funds over US$25,000,000.00 (Twenty five

Million U.S Dollars).

I will give the details, but in summary,

the funds are coming via a bank in U.K

and this is a legitimate transaction. You

will be paid 22% for

your"management/consultancy Fees", if I

am able to reach terms with you.

If you are able to work to earn those

fees, please write back immediately by

Email and provide me with your

confidential Telephone number, fax and

email address including your full mailing

address and I will provide further

details.

Please keep this close to your chest as

possible as you can; we can not
afford any problems in United

Kingdom. You can respond to me

immediately to my private email address:

wallace_williams4@yahoo.com.cn. so that

we can discuss the terms of this project

before further proceedings.

Regards.

Wallace Williams.

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