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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 orphan 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.
  • caroline_williams220@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "caroline" <caro010@excite.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:55:32 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: FROM MISS CAROLINE WILLIAMS,








FROM MISS CAROLINE WILLIAMS,

KOUMASSI,GHANA,

GHANA.



HELLO DEAR,



I KNOW THAT MY MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SUPRISE SINCE I DONT

KNOW YOU IN PERSON OR MET WITH YOU BEFORE,BUT I AM OF THE BELIEVE

THAT YOU WOULD BE OBLIGED TO COME TO MY ASSISTANCE AFTER HEARING ABOUT MY SITUATION.

I AM MISS CAROLINE WILLIAMS, THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR AND MRS.HENRY WILLIAMS.MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN KOUMASSI, THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF GHANA BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING TO DISCUSS ON A BUSINESS.WHILE MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 1986, MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS. BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 29TH DEC 2005 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN GHANA.

HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF US$ 5,500,000 (FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND, UNITED

STATES DOLLARS) LEFT IN A SUSPENCE ACCOUNT IN ONE OF THE LEADING HERE IN ACCRA GHANA, HE USED MY NAME AS HER ONLY DAUGTHER FOR THE NEXT OF KIN IN DEPOSIT OF THE FUND. HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS

ASSOCIATES. THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE, (SUCH AS REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT) .PLEASE DEAR, I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.



1)TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND SINCE I AM A GIRL OF 21

YEARS

2)TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY AFTER THE MONEY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED. MOREOVER,

PLEASE, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT/INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR NORMINATED ACCOUNT OVERSEAS.FURTHER MORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR

OPTION TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS YOU SIGNIFY INTEREST TO ASSIST ME.

ANTICAIPTING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON, THROUGH MY E-MAIL ADDRESS"caroline_williams220@yahoo.fr,

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

YOURS SINCERELY

MISS CAROLINE WILLIAMS





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