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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.
• 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.
  • georgewilliam55555@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "george william" <georgewilliam@mymail.ro>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 21:16:05 +0300
Subject: AN URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL


Daer Sir

I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable
business proposal, Though I don?t know you neither have I seen you before
but my confidence was reposed On you when the Chief Executive of Nigerian
chamber of Commerce and Industry handed me your contact for a confidential
business.

I am the manager of Zenith Bank Nigeria Plc (ZBN) Ikeja Branch, The
intended business is thus; We had a customer, a Foreigner (a Turkish)
resident in Nigeria, he was a Contractor with one of the Government
Parastatals. He has in his Account in my branch the sum of US$18 Million(
Eigteen Million U.S. Dollars). Unfortunately, the man died seven years ago
together with his children and wife in a plane crash,may there soul rest
in peace, until today non-of his next of kin has come Forward to claim the
money. Having noticed this, I in collaboration with two other top
Officials of the bank we have covered up the account all this while.If
nobody shows up as the next of kin to our said late customer,the corrupt
government of my country will order us to put this money into the
goverment tresuary,but will only at the end pur it in their private
pockets.

Now we want you (being a foreigner) to be fronted as one of his next of
kin and forward Your account and other relevant documents to be advised to
you by us to attest to the Claim. We will use our positions to get all
internal documentations to back up the claims The whole procedures will
last only ten working days to get the fund retrieved successfully Without
trace even in future.

Your response is only what we are waiting for as we have arranged all
necessary things As soon as this message comes to you kindly get back to
me indicating your interest Then I will furnish you with the whole
procedures to ensure that the deal is successfully Concluded for your
ssistance we have agreed to give you thirty percent (30%) of the Total sum
at the end of the transaction. I am assuring You that there is no risk in
this transaction. also all orrespondence Towards this transaction will be
through telephone /fax and E-mails:georgewilliam55555@yahoo.com.cn I am
wait your earliest response.

Thanks,

Yours Sincerely

Dr George William

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