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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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• 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.
  • wi_morrows@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "williams50mrr@terra.es" <williams50mrr@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:28:31 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: personal


Ref: WM/ITN/233/07
Kind Attention Required.
I have gone through your company's profile which informed my
contemplation to enquire in confidence, we can jointly do some
genuine
and legal stock transfer trading together based on a Joint Venture.
I have an operative international certified acceptable Medium Term
Note Stock (Program) le, which I was thinking we could work with you
to
reassign the account to your name, and I assume as so said of you to
be
powerful in the financial, that after the reassignment, the amount
would be transferred to your bank account.
The principal amount of the POF is US$200 Million, and I have already
worked out modalities to execute the transfer successfully; hence I
ask
of you to confirm ASAP whether or not you are interested.
The BOE is an irrevocable Bank Operative Instrument, which you can
use
as collateral to bank against a loan immediately we fully reassign to
you, which means your bank can even borrow against it. I shall send
you
evidence of funds which once can still through bank-to-bank confirm
existence.
I would appreciate that you get back to me upon receipt of this
important mail on your opinion towards a lasting business
relationship.
Respectfully,
Williams Morrow
E-mail:wi_morrows@hotmail.com





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