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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.
• 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.
  • josephchau1981@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Joseph Chau" <jjjchau2@msn.com>
Reply-To: jchaujoseph11@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 20:31:42 +0000
Subject: From Union Bank Of China.

Hello,

Greetings to you and your family.I hope this message finds you hale and
healthy.I am Mr.Joseph Chau of Investment Banking,Union Bank Of China.On
July 6, 2004,our client Mr. Irvin poot,a businessman,made a numbered fixed
deposit for 6 (six) calendar months,with a value of US$20.5m only in my
branch. Upon maturity several notice was sent to him and no response came
from him. Another notification was sent early February and still no response
came from him.The Bank officially sent a two-man delegate to his residence
in Malaysia were he resides only to find out that the business mogul and his
family perished in the Tsunami disaster.After further investigations,it was
also discovered that Mr.Irvin Poot did not declare any next of kin in his
official papers,including the paper work of his bank deposit.So, Twenty
million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still lying in my
bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it.According to the laws of
my country, at the expiration of one year and six months(18 months) the
funds will revert to the ownership of Hong Kong Government if nobody applies
to claim the funds.

MY PROPOSITION:
I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Mr.Irvin Poot
to enable you receive the funds.Lets put heads together to claim and
transfer these funds out of Hong Kong and use it judiciously.I have
contacted an Attorney that will prepare the necessary document that will
back you up as the next of kin to Mr.Irvin Poot,all that is required from
you at this stage is for you to provide me with your full names and Address
including your direct phone and fax numbers for my Attorney to commence his
job.My Attorney will also file in for claims on your behalf and secure the
necessary approval and letter of probate in your favor for the funds to be
moved to an account that will be provided by you.

Note that sharing percentage is negotiable by the two parties.Contact me on
this email address (josephchau1981@yahoo.com.hk) with your full names and
address if you are interested and more details will be provided to you about
the Project.

Sincerely,

Joseph Chau.
josephchau1981@yahoo.com.hk

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