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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million us 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)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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 next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • linda6williamss@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "linda03 Gazeta.pl" <linda03@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 17:40:13 +0100
Subject: From The Desk Of Mrs.Linda Williams,


*From The Desk Of Mrs.Linda Williams,
Private Email: **linda6williamss@yahoo.co.uk* <linda6williamss@yahoo.co.uk>
*
Good Day,
How are you doing? hope you're fine. Let me start by saying that there's no
need for you to be skeptical about this deal that I'm going to introduce to
you now because I have really gone through it before I made up my mind to
contact you. My name is Mrs.Linda Williams, a chief accountant working with
a Commercial Bank here in Republic of Nigeria.

Iam a personal accounts manager to Mr. Robert an American who used to work
with an oil servicing company here in Republic of Nigeria before he got a
contract with the Kellogg Brown & Root, a subsidiary of the Houston-based
oil company Halliburton in Iraq in 1996.

Mr.Robert, made a numbered fixed deposit for 10 years, with a value of
(Seven million,Five hundred thousand United States Dollars) in my
branch.Upon maturity in 2006,several notices were sent to him, even during
the war last year.Early this year another notification was sent and still no
response came from him. We later found out that our client and his family
had been killed during the war
since the 5Th of August, 2003.

According to a reliable information we received, Mr.Robert was in a
five-vehicle convoy with his family traveling from Baghdad when it hit an
improvised device. After further investigation, it was also discovered that
Mr.Robert did not declare any next of kin in his official papers,including
the paper work of his bank deposit. He confided in me when he made the
deposit, as a matter facts no one except me has the details of his deposit
in our bank. So, the $7,500,000.00 (Seven million,five hundred thousand
United States Dollars) is still lying in our bank,and no one will ever come
forward to claim it.

What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my country, at the
expiration of 3 years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Republic
of Nigeria government, if nobody come up as the deceased next of kin to
claim the funds. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will
like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Mr.Robert so that you
will be able to receive his funds.
Since I have not been successful in locating the relatives of the late Mr.
Robert I will seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of this
our deceased client so that the proceeds of this account valued at($7.5
million US dollars) can be paid to you and then you and I will share the
money.I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we
shall come out successful, all I require is your
honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.I guarantee that this
deal will be executed under all legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of the law.

In your reply, If you can handle this deal with me, reach me now through
this e-mail box for more details.Looking forward to hearing from you.If you
are ready to proceed,kindly get back to me through this my private
email: **linda6williamss@yahoo.co.uk* <linda6williamss@yahoo.co.uk>

*Sincerely,

Mrs.Linda Williams.*

* *

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