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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +2348057883212 (Nigeria, 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.
  • simonwmailll@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: Simon Williams <customerservice@clarkcolor.com>
Reply-To: simonmail@netbg.com
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 08:21:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Daly




INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE & FOREIGN OPERATIONS UNIT
P.O. Box 75455, Victoria Island, Lagos Swift Address: GTBINGLAXXX =
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from the desk of : Mr. Simon Williams G.T.B PLC.

Our Ref: =E2=80=A6GTB/5232=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6 Your Ref:=E2=80=A6=E2=
=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6Date: 08th of A=
ug, 2007.

Attn: Friend


With compliments and respect please I beg your pardon for this unsolicited =
nature, it was out of desperation and Curiosity that made me to contact you=
, to introduce myself.
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I am Mr. Simon Williams, an accountant with Guaranty Trust Bank Plc. I am a=
n accountant to Mr. Davis Daly,national of United States of America, who is=
in supply and contract execution with Shell Petroleum Development Company =
(SPDC) here in Nigeria, is referred to as my trusted client. He was involve=
d in Beirut-bound charter jet that crashed on Friday, December 26, 2003, an=
d took lives of innocent souls and unfortunately over 111 peoples lost thei=
r lives and my client was involved.
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And several enquiries to locate any of late Mr. Davis were to no avail. I a=
m contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behi=
nd by my our customer before they get liquidated or declared unserviceable =
by the bank, the total amount left behind by the demised his account valued=
precisely to be (US$ 7.8million)
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However, this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be tr=
eated as such. I also guarantee you that this transaction is hitch free fro=
m all negative consequences. The bank will be willing to release these fund=
s to you, since I have some of the vital documents to back it up and shall =
implore the services of an attorney to handle all the legal aspect of it.
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All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal thr=
ough. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement t=
hat will protect you from any breach of the law, because the Foreign Operat=
ion Manager Fadahunsi Olusegun is working with me for this. He has given me=
his full support to contact you so that we can retrieve this money for our=
mutual benefit.
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Please send me your mailing address and your direct contact telephone numbe=
rs for the and better control. You can call me on my direct cell phone +23=
4-8057883212, for more information regarding this transaction or email me =
to my private contact e-mail : (simonwmailll@yahoo.com)
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Looking forward to your swift reply.
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Yours Sincerely,


Mr. Simon Williams.
(C.S)Account Officer (GTB)
D/L+234-8057883212 =20


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