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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:
  • "cheques " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • agentoffice_wami1@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: wami01@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:55:12 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOUR=20FUND=20IS=20READY=20FOR=20TRANSFER?=


From the West African
Monitoring Institution (WAMI).
Value Attention.

I resumed duty recently as policy harmonization chairman on public debt
a committee set up by West African Monitoring Institution (WAMI) under the
able presidency . My office monitors and controls the affairs of all banks
and financial institutions here in Africa that is to tell you that I am
committed to upholding and defending the constitution and laws of West
African Monitoring Institution as well as achieving a higher level of public
safety and security through the prosecution of criminals in the state.

The purpose of the committee among other is to investigate, verify and settle
all outstanding total pending payment owned and Records before me have revealed
that your payment has not been effected as a result of official negligence
as your fund has been identified either as ghost file, unclaimed deposits,
and over-invoiced sum etc; this is due to many abnormalities had happened
in the institutions where some top official of the apex Banks are interested
in your payment and they collaborate with impostors who are carrying a
fake portfolios with levies misled andmisguided about the position of your
fund and having the opportunity to extort money from you that made it too
longer up till date that explains why you receive different kinds of untrue
emails and phone call from different people everyday.so, be inform that
we have concluded all the necessary arrangement towards the release of
your payment
but due to the prevailing situation worldwide on cash movement and transfer
of hug sum of money, your payment has since being deposited with our (OFF-SHORE
PAYMENT CENTRE) AFFILIATED TO WORLD ASSOCIATIONS OF DEBT MANAGEMENT OFFICES
BANK OF AMERICA .Base on the information we received from our paying office
today, as the truthfully beneficiary of this payment. you are responsible
to pay 145 EURO for your NON IMMIGRANT TRANSIT TAX as the authorities demand
which we described as selective payment to enable the programming of the
information in the micro chip compartment which will comply with bank of
America to effect the transfer of your fund exactly on the particular date
or period (24 hours) specified in the transfer script text for the fund
to be made available to you any way you wish to receive it.
Please reconfirm your name, address and telephone to this E-mail: agentoffice_wami1@yahoo.it


so that we can advice you on how to send the money across to enable us finalise
this transfer this week.Your payment shall be made as soon as this information
needed from you is submitted through our paying office by wire transfer
or by a certify bank bond America Express Cheques all the transfer charges
will be deducted from your total sum as long as you send the 145 EURO for
the programming of the information .the consequences of not adhering to
this warning would be yours.Considering the circumstances at hand, you are
advice not to accept any E-mail telephone calls that does not come from
this office in regards to your payment this is to forestall new efforttowards
a diversion of your payment.

Accept our congratulations in advance.

Best regards,
Gen .joseph kone guei

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