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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 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.
  • +447045708087 (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.
  • enquires_reliable1.william@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: william sturges <reliable_william.sturges@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <enquires_reliable1.william@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:58:57 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION!!!!YOUR RESPONSE IS NEEDED!!!!!


178bc Airport Road,
brent.london,
united kingdom
enquires_reliable1.william@yahoo.com
+447045708087

Dear Sir/Ma
I know you will be wondering what is this but i will tell you this it is no scam check up the news update and you will understand that everything is with the authorities.This email i am sending to you is secured and confidential.

Presently now i am to inform you that since 1st july 2007 informed you that this present season of cloudy rain have completely damaged two province of Pakistan. Province Sindh and Province, Balochistan. Flesh floods (Natural Disaster) have completely destroyed the District Kuzdar of Balochistan province and thousands of peoples are homeless and waiting for relief. More than 500 people died and hundreds are disappearing due to flesh floods. Agriculture has been completely damaged due to flesh floods no trees are present and also other crops were drained out even the soil of the area was taken away by the flesh floods. Also thousands of cattle has been drained out by the flesh floods in Balochistan and Sindh Province.

I am Attorney william sturges,i have been given the authority by the pakistan embassy and Mehargarh Development Organization (MGDO)to get a beneficiary/next of kin that will claim the funds my late clients company called HONDA CAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD, LAHORE at Khuzdar Balochistan which i was his personal Lawyer for the past 26 YEARS before his sudden death at the Flesh flood which attacked his residential settlement, My late client left the sum of $10 Million USD in a fixed account with the Summit Finanace Company United Kingdom.And they have updated me that they will get the account frozen if nothing is done about the fund Before 26th Of August 2007.Get back to me immediately if you are a caring mother,father,brother,sister to safe his children,wife,relatives whom are lying down in the hospital.

The province Sindh Pakistan and completely destroyed the District Kamber Shahdadkot and thousands of peoples are homeless They have no food for eating, no water for drinking and also children's have no milk. There have no medicines for their treatment they are facing too much problems the day s ahead is going to be worst due to lack of above noted issues. for more enquires and update get back to at:enquires_reliable1.william@yahoo.com

Warmest Regards,

Att.William Sturges
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