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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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• 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.
  • brigerwilliams03@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?_FROM__U.B.A__PLC.?=" <bettymcguire1@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:01 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?YOUR__ATM__CARD_,_REPLY?=



Attn Sir,

This is to officially inform you that ATM card worth One million five hundred dollars(1.5 million USD) has been credited in your favour in bid to compensate you on your contract payment since you are next on our inheritance file for the second part of this fiscal Year 2008. Your personal identification is ATM 2900. Contact the PAYING BANK U.B.A PLC. for verification under the person,

Officer Mr.Briger Williams on: brigerwilliams03@yahoo.com
with the following for proper verification and claim processing:
Full Name................
Delivery Address.........
Country..................
Occupation...............
Phone Number.............
Fax Number...............
Age......................
sex......................
NOTE:
You are also required to send along a means of Identification which can be a scan copy of your Driver's License or International Passport for identification on delivery.
Regards
Mr.Briger Williams


---------------------- ALICE N°1 de la RELATION CLIENT 2008*--------------------
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