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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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27836703988 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • temawilliams176@galmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: temawilliams26@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:28:38 +0200
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME URGENTLY

PLEASE CALL ME +27836703988
OR REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL : temawilliams176@galmail.co.za

Dear Sir/madam
With due respect and to the glory of Almighty God whom we worship I call upon you to assist me. Please Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business. My name is Tema Williams,The only Son of late Chief PATRICK WILLIAMS .My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan but we are from Siera Leone ,After my Father death I and my Family move to South Africa as a refugee. My father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip. Before his death in a private hospital in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of ($12.000,000 MILLION US DOLLAR) keft with a security and finance company in South Africa,He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a beneficiary in a country of my choice where I wil!
l transfer this money and use it for investment. , I am honorably seeking for your assistance to transfer our fund out of South Africa and make arrangement for me and my mother and younger sister to come over to your country to further our Education and take care of our mother. More over, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this money into your nominated account overseas, you indicate your options towards assisting me .you signify your interest to assist me. As we depend in God, and with God all things are possible Anticipating to hear from you today.
Thanks and God bless.
PLEASE CALL ME +27836703988
OR REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL : temawilliams176@galmail.co.za

Best regards,

Tema Williams (for the family)

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