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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 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.
  • +22993414772 (Benin, probably a 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.
  • rogerwilliams4k4@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jos lucas" <joss0015@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:58:24 +0000
Subject: wrong payment.

Good day, Your Long overdue Payment. My name is Mr. Roger Williams, My boss
Dr. Joseph lucas asked me to send you amount .( total sum of $950,000.00).
united state dollars last year before he travled out of the country to South
Korea for investment.

However, I received an email from one Mr. Robert Water, who told me that
he is your next of kin and that you died in a car accident last two weeks
that I should send him the Draft or open an account on his name here and
deposite the fund, after some one month then the transfer can be made. That
is why I am contacting you now before I will make wrong payment. below here
is his account info

Dr Robert Water :account co-ordinate as follows:
Bank Name: Integra Bank N.A.
Bank Address: 1020 N. Burkhardt rd Evansville, Indiana 47717
A/c no:7801660882
Routing No:bl 275-79665
Mr.Robert Water

He has also submitted his account for me to transfer the fund to him. I
want to hear from you before I can make the transfer or send the draft to
him please I want you to confirm if you are dead or not. Once again, I
apologize to you on behalf of my boss Dr. Joseph lucas.
Please I need this details to confirm that you are the real person:
Note you should reply through this E-address: rogerwilliams4k4@yahoo.it

1) Your Full Name...................................
2) Your direct cell phone..........................
3) Ocupation..............................................
4) Age............................................................
5) Sex..............................................................

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Roger Williams
Phone: +229-934-14772

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