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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)
  • "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.
  • davidwilliamsfirstinlandbank@googlemail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <davidwilliamsfirstinlandbank@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:31:13 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend, Read and get back to me



Dear Friend,


I am Mr. David Williams, an accounts officer with First inland Bank Plc and would like you to stand as the Next of kin to our deceased customer who made a deposit of 10 Million Dollars with our bank before his death.


He died Intestate or any registered next of kin and as such the funds now have an open beneficiary mandate that who ever shall provide a person with a proof of documents, then I decided to contact you since i have with my possession documents that will back up this
Claims if you are interested please do let me know So that I can give you comprehensive details on what we are to do.

Please reply to my private email address as stated here below,
davidwilliamsfirstinlandbank@googlemail.com
I urgently hope to get your response as soon as possible.

Best regards,
Mr. David Williams.

Anti-fraud resources:

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