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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • williamsudoma112@o2.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Udoma Williams" <williamsudomaa@mailbox.hu>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 21:13:15 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL


FROM THE DESK OF MR.WILLIAMS UDOMA
ASSISTANT BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK(A.D.B)GUINEA CONAKRY,
Email: williamsudoma112@o2.pl

Dear Friend,

I crave your indulgence for the unsolicited nature of this letter, but it
was borne out of desperation and Current development. Please bear with me.I
am Mr.Williams Udoma the Assistant director foreign remittance Department
African Develoment Bank (ADB) Here in Guinea Conakry. I Hope that you will
not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to repose on
you for the mutual benefit of our both families.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($9.6)million to
your account within 14 banking days. This money has been dormant for years
in our Bank without claim. I want the bank to release the money to you as
the nearest person to our deceased customer, the owner of the account died
along with his supposed next of kin in an air crash since July 31st 2000.
I don't want the money to go into our Bank treasurer as an abandoned fund.
So this is the reason why i contacted you so that the bank can release the
money to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer. Please I would
like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not
interested.

Upon receipt of your reply,I will give you full details on how the business
will be executed and also note that you will have 30% of the above mentioned
sum if you agree to handle this business with me. All I require is your
honest co-operation to Enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that
this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of the law.

I will provide you with further information to the logistics of having these
funds moved. I would prefer you reach me via my personal email address:

Email: williamsudoma112@o2.pl

I immediately will provide you with more info.


Best Regards.

Mr.Williams Udoma.

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