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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:
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +2348032522780 (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.
  • chriswill555@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: CHRIS WILLIAMS <chriswilliams558@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:53:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE


Attention; DIRECTOR;

RE: TRANFER OF THIRTY SIX MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE THOUSAND EUROS {36,759,000.00 EUROS}

My name is MR CHRIS WILLIAMS and i work in the international operation department in a Bank here in Europe, i wish to reach out to you because i feel quite safe dealing with you in this impotant business as i will like to assure you that this Transfer is 100% risk and trouble free to both parties.

However, on a routine inspection a dormant domicilliary account with a balance of 36759,000.00 euros was discovered in the bank. The fund is of clean origin, deposited and leaving no benefiiary to the account.The account depositor,is late RAFIK BAHAA EDINE HARIRI a former and late Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Lebanon {Nov 1944 -Feb 2005}. for more information please LOG ON to{http:// www.hariri.info,}

Meanwhile, i am certainly sure that nobody will come for the claim of this fund hence i need your cooperation in this transaction as all necessary documents and information needed to claim the fund will be made available to you hoping in God that you will never disappoint me.
All I need do is to give you the approval as the next of kin/will beneficiary and the fund will be paid to you as the beneficiary. We are to share this money between ourselves and also donate 10% to charity . if you are really interested in this offer you should contact me through this email address: , chriswill555@yahoo.com. or PHONE NUMEBER, 234-8032522780. as i am presently on Holiday in Africa. For detail of this transaction and procedures, please do forward me , YOUR FULL NAME, YOUR PHONE NUMBER, YOUR MOBILE PHONE NUMBER, YOUR FAX NUMBER.
Note that I will commence immediately to secure all legal documents in your favour on your acceptance to fully co-operate with me.
I await your urgent response to enable us jumpstart this project and nurture it to reality.

Yours faithfully,

MR CHRIS WILLIAMS

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