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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 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.
  • williamdenaa@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • williamsdenaa@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Williams Dena " <williamsdenaa@walla.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:43:56 +0800
Subject: SUBJECT MATTER PLS CONTACT NOW

Dear Sir/Madam

I am the Auditor General of one of the prime banks here in South Africa.
During the course of our auditing, I discovered floating fund in an account
opened in the bank since 1998 and since 2000, nobody has operated this
account again. After going through some
old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died
without a [Heir/WILL], hence the money is in sundry and if I do not remit
this money out urgently it will be forfeited to the bank as excess profit.

The owner of this account is a foreigner, a Great Farmer and he died in
2000.No other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, the
account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that until his death he was the manager
of AGRI-GOLD ARK[pty].SA.We will start the first transfer with Six million
[$6,000.000]upon successful transaction without
any disappoint from yourside, we shall re-apply for the payment of the rest
of the amount to your account that you will provide. The total amount
involved is ($26 Million) Twenty six million United
States Dollars only.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be
approved to a local person in South Africa, but can only be approved to any
foreigner whom the bank will believe was a partner
to the deceased and in similar business.

However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together when we meet
face to face after the first transfer of $6 million before transferring the
second part of $20 million. I am revealing this to
you with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business,
you are the first and the only person that I am contacting for this
business, so please reply urgently so that I
will inform you the next step to take urgently. Send also your private
telephone and fax number so that we can discuss other details. I would want
this funds to be invested into your company
business and our sharing modus will be 7% will be mapped out for all
expenses and miscellaneous that will be incurred in the course of this
transaction, 3% will go to our contact person in the pay
out centre in Europe where the funds will be booked for payment, 30% of the
investment will go to you and I will have 60%.I am presently in Europe
trying to perfect some documents regarding the
funds claim so that once you indicate interest it will be easy to follow up
as I will be here for only 3 days on official trip.

Kindly respond if you are interested in this proposal so that once I go
back home to South Africa I can start normalizing the documents in your
favour with my influence and my positionin the
bank as I am due for retirement. My contact person in the payment centre in
Europe will do everything possible to assist in the course of the process so
that it will be a hitch free transaction
with success achieved. I will destroy all documents of transaction
immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place and to build
confidence you can call me for heart to heart discussion
through my security encrypted line: +88 21621001048 or email
williamdenaa@aim.com, which I secured for the confidentiality and safety of
this business as you know that this business is
confidential.

I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for
onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance
from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange
departments.

I look forward to your earliest reply.

Sincerely Yours,
Mr. Williams Dena
email: williamsdenaa@aim.com
Tel: +88 21621001048

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