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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +448712563360 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447802000536

Fraud email example:

From: "willeams gates" <willy_gates0025@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:08:03 +0000
Subject: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY...

Williams Gates & Associate,
TEL: +44 7802000536
Fax: +44 8712563360
Compliment of the season! After reading about you on the internet,
I found it interesting and decided to contact you for a business
transaction. Be so kind to contact me at your earliestconvenient
for a possible business deal involving money transfer of about
$38 Million. I am presently in London working as a legal advice
with the HSBC Bank at their offshore department located at the
Isle Of Man. With your sincere assistant and co-operation,
I am determined to work this deal out if we can do business.
As at this moment,I am constrained to issue more details about this
business until your response is received. If you are not familiar
with the above information, please take a moment of your very busy
schedules to read about it on the internet and send your response to
my email address. This deal is worth taking and highly profitable.
Thank you for your time and attention.
Kind Regards,
Williams Gates.

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