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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.
  • magwilliams2001@yahoo.co.uk
  • magwilliams2001@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Mag Williams" <mag_williams@ghayesassociates.com>
Reply-To: magwilliams2001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 19:53:08 +0000
Subject: VERY URGENT

FROM: MR MAGNUS WILLIAMS
14, Cameroon House, Wyndham Road,
Camber well, S.E. 5 OUJ. London UK.
Email: magwilliams2001@yahoo.co.uk

I am Mr. Magnus Williams a British citizen and I am 25years of age.
I work with a Finance and Security Company in East London UK.

I am the accounting officer of Mr. Nelson Owen who died during the
bomb blast which occurred in London on the 7th of July 2005.

Mr. Nelson Owen who is our Client with Account Number UBS 101-720-4 has
left the sum of Two Million one hundred and twenty thousand pounds
(£ 2,120.000.00)for deposit, this Amount is yet to be credited in his
favour before he died on the recent bomb blast in London.

I want you to open an account with my Bank so that I can credit this
amount to you while you will receive 40% of the fund while I and my
colleague will have 60%.

The name of the Finance and Security Company and all relevant
informations will be given to you, when you contact me on my
private Email: magwilliams2001@yahoo.co.uk

Treat with outmost confidentiality.

Yours sincerely,
MR.MAGNUS WILLIAMS

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