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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • paulinewilliam03@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: pauline william <paulinewilliam03@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 06:04:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOU ARE MY HOPE


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: paulinewilliam03@yahoo.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

Good day to you. I humbly wish to introduce myself to you through this Medium though it has been abused by people against the initial anticipation and intent of the inventors.I'm pleased for contacting you for assistance. This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not yet met before. I was

desperately looking for a person to assist me. .


My dear I will be so glad if you lead me to the right channel as an experience and older person. I would like to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you. I am Miss Pauline William 22yer old girl from Liberia in west Africa,I am a daughter of late Dr Dion William.



My father Dr Dion Willaim was the personal advicer to the former head of state president Charles Taylor who is now in exile, The rebels attacked our home one early morning killing my mother and my father.Iam the only one that survive and I managed to make my way to near by country Dakar Senegal where I am residing as a refugee now. Iam the only child of my late parents.



The main reason why I have contacted you is for you to assist in the area of my future investment and also to help me to transfer the funds that my late father deposited with the security company into your account. The amount is (US10.3 Million dollars) he made this deposit some years back,the funds was deposited for safe keeping as a family tresure which I am the next of kin. Please I am asking you to stand on my behalf as my partner to claim the funds out from the security company and transferd it into your account . I have made up my mind to offer you 25%of the total moneyand 15% for any expenses you make during this transaction. while the remaining will go into a productive business for me, I will make the procedure to this transaction well knew to you and I will give you the contact of the security company so that you will contact them for more verification and be inform that all the documents to claim this funds are in my possession which I will send you as you indicat!
e your willingness to assist me.please attach your direct and full contact address as you reply to me.I will be awaiting your urgent reply.

Regards.

Miss Pualine William

- pauline william

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