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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:
  • "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • williamsjuliet.idreen1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: williamsjuliet.idreen1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:35:27 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=20=20Dear=20Beloved=2C?=

Dear Beloved,

Our names are Williams Idreen and my little sister is Juliet Idreen

Due to the sudden death of our late father Robert Idreen in June 2006, We
have been thrown into a state of hopelessness by the family members of our
late father. We have lost confidence with anybody within my country becuase
our late father was killed by his fellow family members because of his riches
and they want to inherit all that belongs to our late father.

We get your contacts through our personal research, and had to reach you
through this medium. We will give you more details when you reply. Due
to security network placed on us daily affairs we can not visit the embassy
so that is why I have contacted you by email. My father deposited $16.5million
United States dollars with a security firm before he died here whice the
name of the security firm is witheld for now till we communicate.

We will be happy if you can receive this fund into your account for safekeeping
and I assure you 20% of the total fund as compensation for all your kind
effort and assistance and 7% for any expencis that may come out on the process
of geting the money out from the security firm.

We will need your tel/ fax numbers so that we can commence communication.

Please repply us to our private email address williamsjuliet.idreen1@yahoo.com
or call us with this number 0022501873131

Yours,

Williams and Juliet Idreen.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam