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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • fredwilliams222@yahoo.com.br (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • fredwilliams1@sify.com

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?q?MR.=20FRED=20WILLIAMS?=" <fredwilliams222@yahoo.com.br>
Reply-To: fredwilliams1@katamail.com
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 13:31:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: DEAR FRIEND: PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE THIS!!


Meu novo endereço de e-mailAgora você pode me contactar através do e-mail: fredwilliams222@yahoo.com.br

Dear friend,


I feel quite safe dealing with you in this mutual beneficial transaction. Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest, surest and most secured medium of communication. However, this correspondence is purely private, and it should be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from all what you may think of. I am Mr. Fred Williams, An Account officer with UNION BANK OF NIG. PLC. I am

contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached to

this deal for the benefit of both of us.


The Management and the Legal / Treasury Department of the bank in a recent meeting, recommended that the account of MR. ROBERT FINKELSTEIN, whom I handled his account as his account officer while he was alife and who maintained an account with us, should be declared Dormant and confiscated hence moving his unclaimed benefits funds to the Treasury

according to our Banking and Financial law since is was a foriegner. He was amongst those that was Killed in the recent plane crash during his

visit to London, as you can confirm through this

website.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm


This man was our client and had an account with us valued at Nine

Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$9.500,000.00).

Right now, the fund is lying unclaimed in our custody and there is NO next

of kin mentioned in his file and there is no how we can reach any of

his other relatives. All efforts made by us to establish contacts with any other of his relation has proved abortive and unsuccessful. Just last week we received an instruction from Ministry of Social Welfare to forward particulars of all unclaimed benefits in our ledger, and since I am the Accounts Officer to Late Mr. Robert Finkelstein with our bank, I

decided to contact you. Despite that you do not bear the same name with the late client, neither are you related with him, we can as well work this out together since I know that nobody will ever suspect this. In view of the fact that the deceased customer is a foreigner (from a different country) it is Officially important for the involvement of a foreigner who will pose as a next-of-kin. I will use my exalted position in the bank to present you as his Next of Kin as you can be his relative,

brother or Cousin and the Money (US$9.5 Million) will be Safely transferred into your own bank account in your country.


I need to know as soon as possible if you can work with me on this project. I will be very glad to receive your response and also will give you more information as soon as you indicate your willingness to assist in this viable transaction. Ihave all the internal legal documents to back up the claims. The whole Procedures will last about 7 working days to get the fund retrieved successfully without trace even in future. Please I need the following:


1. YOUR FULL NAME


2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER


3. HOME ADDRESS/COMPANY'S NAME AND ADDRESS


4. YOUR AGE AND OCCUPATION.



Thank You And Remain Blessed.



Mr. Fred Williams

(You can respond through my alternative email; fredwilliams1@sify.com)




- MR. FRED WILLIAMS

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