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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)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "lagos" (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.
  • willimasatah2@yahoo.com.au (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • wilmas_atah02@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Willimas=20atah?= <willimasatah2@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: wilmas_atah02@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 02:27:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HELLO FRIEND


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: willimasatah2@yahoo.com.au

CHALLENGE SECURITIES & FINANCE LTD,

6, LOBI STREET,

V/ISLAND LAGOS,

NIGERIA.


Dear Friend,

I am Willimas Atah the Director of Operations CHALLENGE SECURITIES LTD, LAGOS

NIGERIA. Here in NIGERIA our firm is a security company of high repute

with years of outstanding service to the people of Africa. I have

resolved to contact you through this medium based on business proposal that

will be of mutual benefit to both of us.

I got your particulars through a consultant company base on my research

for trustworthy and established person that understands investment

ethic for entering into a life time profitable joint partnership investment

and also co-operation with confidence and trust that you will keep the

contents secret and divulged to any third party.

To be explicit and straight to the point. Some time early 2001, a

reputable client of ours deposited a consignment in our company's vault for

safe keeping. And since then our client has failed to come forward to

claim his consignment, which has accumulated considerable amount of

money in demurrage? Consequently, in our bide to contact this client to

redeem the demurrage which his consignment had accumulated we discovered

that our client was the former president of the Federal Republic of

Zaire, who died of illness after he was de-throwed in the same year the

consignment was entrusted into our care. Since the death of our client

President Mobutou Seseseko, none of his benefactors has come forward to

claim the consignment with us, which means that none of his relatives or

aids had any knowledge of this consignment.

Hence out of curiosity I decided to secretly open the two boxes that

our client deposited in our vault. And to my surprise I discovered that

the two boxes that were registered as treasurer by our client actually

contained a considerable amount of money in United States Dollars

amounting to about US$38 million Dollar. Since this development I have been

nursing plans secretly. I also found out from enquiries and the foreign

media that our late client siphoned a lot of money from his country

while he was in office as head of state. It is my conviction that the

consignment in our vault was part of the money that our client siphoned and

now that he is dead there is no race to this money in our care. I am

now soliciting your noble assistance to assist main transferring this

money out of Nigeria to your country for immediate investment with your

assistance. I have also decided that you will generously been titled to

30% of the total amount.

Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your willingness to assist me

of this transaction, I will immediately arrange and transfer all the

rights of ownership of this consignment to your name to facilitate your

easy clearance and transfer of the complete funds to your country.

You have nothing to worry about, as I will be there to assist you in

anyway necessary with all proper documentation. This transaction is 100%

risk free. Please maintain absolute confidentiality on this matter.

Please reply to the above email address with your telephone and fax nunber.for effective communication.I look forward working with you.

here is my contact adderss wilmas_atah02@yahoo.com


Best regards

MR.WILLIMAS ATAH

(M.D)





- Willimas atah

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