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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:
  • "million us 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 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.
  • +27731033897 (South Africa, 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.
  • willchambers@webmail.co.za
  • nyererececelia@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Cecelia Nyerere" <cecelianyerere12@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:46:12 +0200
Subject: My humble WILL to You

               GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF GOD! 

 

GOOD DAY TO YOU. My name is Mrs.Cecelia Nyerere wife of the late president of Tanzania.I am a dying woman who has decided to donate what I have to you/church. I am 69 years old and I was diagnosed of cancer for about 2 years ago, immediately after the death of my husband, who has left me everything he worked for. I have been touched by God to donate from what I have inherited from my late husband to you for the good work of God, rather than allow my relatives to use my husband hard earned funds ungodly.

 

Please pray that the good Lord forgive me my sins. I have asked God to forgive me and I believe He has because He is a merciful God. I will be going in for an operation in less than a week and I decided to WILL/donate the sum of $5,000,000.00(Five Million US Dollars) to you for the good work of the lord, and also to help the motherless, less privileged and also for the assistance of the widows.

 

At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls due to the fact that my relatives are around me and my health status. I have adjusted my WILL, my lawyer,Mr Denis Williams and bank account officer are about to effect the change in my WILL. If you are a Godly person, please contact my attorney for the legalization and perfection of the will in your name for immediate transfer of the money into the bank account you will inform.

 

I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly, and please use the funds well and always extend the good work to others. You are to forward a copy of this email to my bank. Contact my attorney Mr Denis Williams via e-mail or telephonically on:

 

 My Attorney: willchambers@webmail.co.za,

Williams & Group Of Attorneys,Parktown,JHB,SA. TEL:+2773 103 3897.  

 

Please ensure that you copy all your correspondence to the two email addresses disclosed in this mail for onwatrd correspondence with the perfection of the will in your names.Please tell him that I have WILLED ($5,000,000.00) to you.Good luck in all your future endeavors!

Thanks,

Mrs.CECELIA NYERERE
Cc: nyererececelia@yahoo.com 

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