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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:
  • "transfer into your account" (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)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• 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.
  • william20081981@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: william20081981@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:26:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From: Mr. William Yarah.Chief security officer


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:y_mrwilliam@yahoo.com.ve

From: Mr. William Yarah.Chief security officer

- From: Mr. William Yarah.Chief security officer Crystal Trust Financial Company.First Light Kaneshie Accra Ghana, E-mail: william20081981@hotmail.com My Dear Good Friend,I got your contact here in this very site, which I am also a member. Icontacted you as a reliable, trust worthy person who I can introduce this transaction Investment project with. My name is Mr. William Yarah. On November 2005, One Mr Hussien Omar from Iraq National,an gold dealer,who runs gold business in Ghana to Asia, whom I was accounting officer made a numbered time Deposit a truck box, valued at USD$10,500,000.00 (Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars) for twelve calendar months in our company.I am the Chief Security officer crystal Trust financial company, First Light Kaneshie Accra Ghana. I am a Ghanaian married with three kids Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered that Mr. Hussien Omar from Iraq ,his wife and two children and wife's parents was died with his family in a bomb blast in Iraq.My investigation proved that he died with his supposed next of kins in the bomb blast. The truck box total sum, USD$10,500,000.00 is still in our company and the dumorage is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. Consequently,I shall present you to stand in as the next of kin to the late Mr.Hussien Omar.Consequently, upon acceptance of this proposal, I will give you detailed information on how this deal would be carried out.The money will be shared in the ratio: (65%) for me, (30%) for you, the remaining (5%) will be kept to recover any expenses made during the process of the transfer into your account which include both our telephone bills.I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law as I will use my position as the chief security of OPERATIONS' officer to secure approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.I want you to handle everything for me. I have the trust in you and I know that you will not disappoint me, I don't need to know you for many years to trust you. If you have an idea of what should be done to carry the money out of Africa, please tell me I need your advice seriously and I have the impression that you are a nice gentle person.Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required. On your reply include your(1)Private telephone online number and fax (2)Your full house or office address (3)Your full names(4)Your personal E-mail(5)Your international pass port copy or driving license. Awaiting your urgent reply.Best regards, Mr.William Yarah

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