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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "22 garden close, stamford" (address often used in fake lottery scams)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +447031908092 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • johnsonwilliamsprivateemail@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "johnson williams" <johnsonwilliams15@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:31:10 +0000
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.

DR JOHNSON williams
THE CHIEF AUDITOR (H.S.B.C BANK LONDON).
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs,PE9 2YP,London
United Kingdom
Tel:+ 44 70 31 90 80 92


Dear Sir/Madam,

Is my Pleasure writing to you at this moment of the day, I am Dr. Johnson
Williams, the director incharge of auditing and accounting Unit of H.S.B.C
Bank London I and my colleagues deem it fit to contact you regarding to a
transaction that will favour both of us at the end, and i got your contact
in my search for a reputable and reliable person to help me claim the fund
in question.

We discovered the sum of Ten Million pounds (£10.000.000,00) belonging to a
deceased customer of this bank. The fund has been lying in a suspence
account without anybody coming to put claim over the money since the account
owner late Deceased Customer, who was involved in the December 25th Benin
plane crash. Here is the air crash website=

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html

The said fund is now ready for transfer to a foriegn account whose owner
will be portrayed as the beneficiary and next of kin to the deceased
customer of the bank.
Seems you have the same surename with this deceased customer you can easily
make this deal with us,we will assist you to get the information of the
deceased customer that will assist you to get every proof document which
will help you to execute this money.

The foriegn account owner will impost himself as the next of kin to the
deceased and respond positively like a true next of kin who wishes to speed
up the release and transfer of his inherited fund. If the over due fund if
not claimed by the end of next quarter, the government of the Great Britain
will take over the ownership of the fund in line with the Federal Edict Act
of 1979.

We do not want the government to take over the ownership of this money, that
is why I contacted you for us to do the deal together, so that we will
portray you as the bonafide next of kin to the Deceased Customer .If you
accept to carry out this project with us, we will offer you 30% of the total
sum, while I and my colleagues involved will take 70% of the total sum.Upon
your acceptance to do this deal with us, we will jointly effect the transfer
within seven working days.

Be rest assured that, this transaction carries no risk and no extra
responssibilities on your part, except the above mentioned roles and
normally you will be required to maintain absolute information and absolute
secrecy throughout the duration of this transaction, because discussing it
with a third party might jeopardise the entire transaction.

I am looking forward to receiving your interesting response on this project
as this will greatly enrich the both of us at the end. You should contact me
as soon as you receive this letter for onward procedure,through my
alternative email box ( johnsonwilliamsprivateemail@yahoo.co.uk)
Best Regard,
Dr.Johnson Williams.

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