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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 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.
  • +27796558495 (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.
  • wilson.garang@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Wilson Garang <wilson_garang666@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 07:30:52 -1100
Subject: Humble Request' (Please I will appreciate your response).



From:Wilson Garang
Phone:+27 796 558 495
Email:wilson.garang@gmail.com Dear Sir/Madam,
FOR YOUR KIND CONSIDERATIONSorry I am reaching you by surprise. I am WILLSON GARANG, The only Son of the late MR. JOHN GARANG a former rebel leader from SUDAN NORTH OF AFRICA,

My father MR JOHN GARANG died on Saturday 30th of July 2005 as a result of plane crash in our country Sudan.I decided to solicit for assistance from you. Before the death of my father he deposited the sum of US$14,000, 000.00(Fourteen Million United States Dollars] in a private security and finance company in Johannesburg South Africa.As a Refugee (ASYLUM SEEKER) I am not allow to operate any bank account or to be involved in any huge financial transaction and as the only child of my father I am saddled with the responsibility of seeking a genuine foreign partner (company/individual) that can provide a foreign account where this money could be transferred without any problem. If you therefore accept to assist me, which I know you can, please contact me through the above provided contact details for more briefing on this business relationship.For your assistance I have two options for you First, you can choose to have a certain percentage of the money, Secondly you can go into partnership with me for the proper profitable investment of the money in your country whichever the option you choose, feel free to notify me, If you do not prefer a partnership, I am willing to give you 20% of the total sum while the remaining 80% will be for me and for my investment in your country.I therefore implore you to please maintain the absolute confidentiality of this matter even if you decide not to help me.Thanks and best regards.

Yours faithfully,Wilson Garang

Please reply to wilson.garang@gmail.com
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