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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.
  • +2348029147428 (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.
  • williamsprivatemail@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BABATUNDE WILLIAMS"<gregadamu45@myway.com>
Reply-To: williamsprivacy@sify.com
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:29:11 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: My dear




My dear, Best compliments to you. I am sorry for this unsolicited mail. I am Babatunde Williams. I am the son of assinated PDP gubernatorial candidate Late Chief Funso Williams, that was assasinated on the 27 july, 2006.I have contacted you to assist me transfer the sum of 6.5M US dollars that my Dad deposited in a bank here in Nigeria before his death. It's had to hear that his political opponents that killed my father are the ones in power now and they want to ruin my family. So my mother, my siblings and I have decided to relocate out of this wicked country to a place where we can have peace of mind. I have all the documents to back you up.All I need from you is your honest sincere coperation. I amd my family have decided to compesate you with 25% of this money. This is the only money the williams family have now and we can't operate this account here because of my fathers enemies in power. We have made plans on how to carry out this transfer immediately you accept this
offer. this will be caaried out under aligimate condition that will protect you from any breach of law. Please reply immediately to this email address; williamsprivatemail@yahoo.co.uk or call me on this number, +234-8029147428. May God bleess you. Best Regards,Babatunde Williams.

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