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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
• 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.
  • jesswilliams@hotmail.ro (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: JESSICA WILLIAMS <mrswilliams35@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrswilliams70@avasmail.com.mv
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:14:02 -0800 (PST)
Subject: COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON!!!!


GREETINGS,

I AM MRS.JESSICA WILLIAMS,WIFE OF LATE TONY WILLIAMS,A NIGERIA/INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSMAN WHO WAS MURDERED ON THE 6 DAY OF OCTOBER,2004,BY SOME UNKNOWN GUNMEN.I AM SURVIVED WITH TWO CHILDREN(DAUGHTERS)TO THE GLORY OF GOD FOR HIM,DUE TO OUR AFRICA LOW BELIEVE ALL HIS FABULOUS WEALTHS AND PROPERTIES WHERE INHERITED BY HIS CLOSE RELATIVES,SIMPLY BECAUSE I DID NOT BEAR A MALE CHILD FOR THEIR LATE BROTHER,NOW LEAVING ME AND MY TWO DAUGHTERS IN A REAL DIFFICULT SITUATION.

AS GOD WILL WANT THINGS DECEMBER LAST YEAR,ONE OF HIS FAITHFUL LAWYERS SECRETLY CAME TO ME WITH SOME DOCUMENTS COVERING MY LATE HUSBAND AS THE BENEFICIARY OF SOME FUNDS AMOUNTING TO THE TUNE OF $35.350,000.000,(THIRTY- FIVE MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS)WHICH HE HE DEPOSITED IN A SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN NIGERIA. HE(THE LAWYER) PROMISED TO HELP ME MAKE CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP AND TO TENDER ALL VALID/LEGAL DOCUMENTS TO THE NEW BENEFICIARY TO ENABLE HIM/HER MAKE CLAIMS OF THE FUNDS.

PLEASE IF YOU ARE THE GOD SENT TO HELP ME AND MY DAUGHTERS FROM THIS HARDSHIP,I WILL WANT YOU TO INDICATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HELP,SO THAT I REFER/ENTRUST YOU TO THE LAWYER STRAIGHT.
I HAVE SET ASIDE 25% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND KINDNESS,WHERE YOU WILL ADVICE ME ON A PROFITABLE BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR MY DAUGHTERS AS THEY ARE THE ONLY HOPE I HAVE IN LIFE. PLEASE HELP A WIDOW FOR THE MERCIFUL GOD WILL KEEP REWARDING YOU.I WILL BE PLEASED IF MY REQUEST IS NOT IGNORED.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING ME ,GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND FULL ADDRESS,PHONE/FAX,COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND AGE AND ALSO YOUR OCCUPATION.I NEED ALL THESE THINGS ALONG WITH YOUR REPLY IN ORDER NOT TO DELAY.MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL:jesswilliams@hotmail.ro

BEST REGARD,
MRS.JESSICA WILLIAMS.




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