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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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• 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.
  • +447031893578 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: zeusryan@mchsi.com (GREG ROBERT)
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:12:29 +0000
Subject: MY BEQUEST

MY BEQUEST

This mail is from me Mr.Greg N.Robert.Given health,I am 69 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer about 5 years ago, immediately after the death of my Wife, Who had worked with me until we were driven out of Zimbabwe and our farms seized. I am touched to donate from what I have inherited from my late wife estate to you for the good work and support since we never had any children,than allow My wife relatives to use our funds ungodly.

I will be going in for an operation tomorrow.I decided to WILL/donate the sum of US$5,750,000(Five million Seven Hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollars) to you and expect you will help support the motherless and less privilege.


I have adjusted my WILL and my Executor is aware; you and him will arrange for the change of ownership of the funds and transfer of funds to you.The funds is deposited with a finance outfit and the name is withheld basically for security purposes and would only be released to (you).I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly, and Please use the funds well and always extend the good work to others.

Contact my Executor:
Nelson Cole
Principal Partner,
Cole and Associates
Email:candaoffice@pc.nu
Email:mail@coleandassociates.law-firm.co.uk
Tel:+44-7031-893-578
Tel:+44-702-4065-107

You are to contact him with your full names contact telephone/fax number and your full address and tell him that I have WILLED (US$5,750,000.00) to you that I have known you for some years before now as I rightly introduced you to him,and I have also notified him that I am WILLING that amount to you as my friend for a specific good work. I know you may not remember me too well again but I have been directed to do this from my heart. Thanks and God bless.

Regards,

Greg N.Robert

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