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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)
• 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.
  • james2willian@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: james william <james014willian@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:25:45 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend




Dear friend,

I Am Mr james williams a member of the Government of South Africa contract award and monitoring committee in the Department Of Minerial and Energy(DME) some time ago,a contract was awarded to a foreign firm in (DME) by my committee.this contract was over invoiced to the tune of $19.500 000M(ninteen million,five hundred thousand dollars) This was done deliberately.The over-invoicing was a deal by my committee to benefit from the project, we now want to transfer this money which is in a suspense Account with DME into any overseas Account which we expect you to provide for us.

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For providing the account where we shall remit the money into, you will beentitled to 20% of the money,70% will be for me and my partners while 10% has been mapped out from the total sum to cover any expenses that may be incurred by us during the course of this transfer,both locally and international expenses.

This transaction need an Urgent and Seriousness, Also if you are willing for the assistment to provide an account, i will make everything possiable to take the money inligelly out of south africa to an eroupen country where the money will be deposited.this is the amount involve $19,500 000M(ninteen million five hundred thousand dollars).As soon as you reply i will make all arrangement with the security frim for the transaction.

If you are intrerested,kindly send your name,mobile,and fax number immediately via my private email address below for further details upon your acceptance of this proposal as time is of the essence of the business.
I await your urgent responds, Thanks Mr james williamEmail:james2willian@yahoo.com

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