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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:
  • "million 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.
  • tonwill@indiatimes.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?q?twilliams=20williams?=" <twilliams@orangemail.es>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 14:39:10 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: RE: STOCKS/SHARES



tonwill@indiatimes.com=20
I am Mr Tony Williams, an auditor in the pacific investment limited, m=
ember of the Nigeria Stock Exchange We are personal stock brokers to l=
ate Mr. PITT GUILLORY, an expatriate, who used to work with Shell Petro=
leum Development Company in Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred to=
as our client.

According to the information obtain from his company (shell), that on =
the 21st of April 2000, client, his wife and their only daughter were i=
nvolved in a fire accident in his staff resident due to gas explosion.=
All occupants of the residence unfortunately lost there lives. Since t=
hen I have made several enquiries to locate any of our clients extended=
relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsu=
ccessful attempts, I decided to contact you.=20
=20
I have contacted you to assist in repartrating his NESTLE NIG LTD sha=
res from the Nigerian Stock Exchage shares 2000,000 UNITS bought at =3D=
N=3D64.74 per share. The current market price has appreciated so much t=
o =3DN=3D219.00 per share, now worth 3,448,818.90 million dollars left =
behind by our client this i always discovere in our quarterly audit of=
the company. This will be foreited to the Nigerian Stock exchange,this=
is because if my MD gets to find out. For the fact that I have been un=
succesfull in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek the c=
onsent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased, so that the f=
ruit of the old man's labour will not be in vain, that the proceeds of =
this stocks can be paid to you.=20
=20
Therefore, I have decided to give you 35% of this amount, 65% for me. a=
nd then discuss the modalities after the sales of the shares. I have =
all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for=
claim. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us =
see this transaction through.
=20
I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement tha=
t will protect you from any breach of the law.Please get in touch with =
me on this address tonwill@indiatimes.com or Advise me on when best to=
call you.
=20
Best regards,
Tony Williams


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