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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • ganni_williams00@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr Ganni Williams" <ganni_williams0006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ganni_williams00@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:29:09 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS




FROM THE DESK OF
GANNI WILLIAMS CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES
(LEGAL PRACTITIONERS)
41 ODIOLA HOPEWELL STRRET
VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS-NIGERIA
EMAIL;ganni_williams00@yahoo.co.uk

CONGRATULATIONS

Your name and e-mail address came up in a random draw conducted by our law
firm,GANNI WILLIAMS CHAMBERS AND ASSOCIASTES {Law Chamber in Lagos,Nigeria.
My name is BARR. GANNI WILLIAMS esq.I am the personal attorney to our late
client Mr. Mr FEDRICK VENEGA who use to worked for an oil firm in Nigeria.

Mr FEDRICK VENEGAS a well known
Philanthropist, before he died, he made a Will stating that the sum of
$2million. (two million united states dallars)
should be donated to any Philanthropist of our choice overseas. After his
date we have searched for a notable philantropist overseas as he stated in
his (WILL) but the effort was not successful,so we decided to
conduct a random draw so that we can get someone overseas to be the
beneficiary of this (WILL) in this random draw your name and e-mail address
was picked as the beneficiary to this (WILL).

I am particularly interested in securing this money from the Bank,where my
late client deposited the money before he died
because the bank management have issued a notice instructing us to produce
the beneficiary of this (WILL) within two weeks or else the money will be
credited to the Government treasury as per law here,because it was stated in
1999 nigeria constituton regards baniking rules and regulations.It is my
utmost desire to execute the (WILL) of our late client as his personal
attorney for many years.
You are required to contact me immediately to start
the process of sending this money to any of your designated official
account. I urge you to contact me immediately
for further details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a date limit.
please contact me with my
private mail box ganni_williams00@yahoo.co.uk
Regards
BARR. GANNI WILLIAMS

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