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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 united states 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 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.
  • david12008@mixmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: daivd williams <williamsdavid-059@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <daivdwilliams01@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:58:09 +0000
Subject: Greetings,



Greetings, I am Mr.David Williams from Cote D'Ivoire and my father was the financial adviser to the former personal chief financial treasurer to Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky the Richest man in Russia and owner of the following companies: Chairman CEO: YUKOS OIL (Russian Largest Oil Company) Chairman CEO: Menatep SBP Bank (A well reputable financial institution with it’s branches all over the world). I have a re-profiling amount of Thirty Two Million United States Dollars,which my late father deposited in a bank with my name as the next of kin and i am seeking your assistance to help me accommodate and secure these money for me and my family, please note that all the legal documents will be provided upon your request so that we can proceed further in this transaction and you will be compensated with twenty five percent of the total funds for your assistance.
If you know that you are capable enough to handle this huge amount, then get back to me with your full informations through my secure private email address: (david12008@mixmail.com) so that i will tell you with more details. Thank you very much, Best Regards,
Mr David Williams.
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