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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:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • mohamed_abubaka@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mohamed" <mohamed_abubaka@excite.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 00:43:02 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: UR URGENT RESPOND IS NEEDED


Hello VICTIMNAMEThanks for your urgent reply to my business proposal , I appreciates your kind response . I believe you read carefully my first email to you about this transaction. I want you to know that this is real and its true although its seems too good to be true . I am assuring you that this transaction is 100% risk free .Evrything will be done legally ,all legal documents will be established and you will be confirmed the bonafide beneficiary of the fund deposit .I am appealing to you to know that in this transaction trust and honesty must be our watchword for a mutual benefit . I only searched carefully with hope that you will turn out to be a honest person who will not cheat me or sit on the funds after arrival in your account .All I need from you is to present your kind self as the as a foreign partner to stand as next of kin to the deposited fund left by late Mr Joseph Huber . I am only seeking your help to recieve this funds for our mutual benefit which 60%
will be mine while 35% for you and 5% for any arising contingencies during the course of this transaction. I am willing to give you more details on how to proceed on this transaction which must be done legally ,all legal documents of claims must be estbalished to confirm that you are the bonafide beneficiary of the deposit .I will like to have a verbal discussion with you. Please forward your private telephone and fax numbers for easy communications . I am waiting for your urgent response to this mail so we shall proceed . Best regards,Mr Mohamed Abubaka. note : please carefully read and understand about this transaction very well.BELLOW: Hello Dear, I am Mr. Mohamed Abubaka, Department of Foreign Operations, Westpac Banking Corporation Malaysia, an affiliate of Global Funds Management. On January 6th 2001, one Mr. Joseph Huber, an American National, a consultant/contractor with Gardiner &amp; Theobald,a leading firm of project and cost management consultants, made a
numbered time (Fixed) Deposit, valued at £19,500,000.00 (nineteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Pounds) for twelve calendar months in my Bank Branch. Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After some months, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers (Gardiner &amp; Theo bald) that Mr. Joseph Huber was on board the American Airlines Flight 587 which crashed into a residential area near John F. Kennedy International Airport on November 12, 2001. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/11/12/newyork.crash/After investigation, it was discovered that he died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin proved fruitless. On further investigation, it was discovered that Late Mr. Joseph Huber did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paper work here at the Bank.The total sum, £19,500,000.00 is still in my bank and the interest is
being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. In accordance with the Federal banking Laws and constitution, the money will revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody applies as the next of Kin to claim the funds.

Consequently, I shall present you as a foreign partner to stand in as the next of kin to late Mr. Joseph Huber so that you and I can benefit from the fruits of this man's labour. Upon acceptance of this proposal, I shall give detailed information on how this deal would be carried out. We shall employ the services of a solicitor for the drafting of the LAST WILL &amp; TESTAMENT of Late Mr. Joseph Huber and to obtain all other relevant papers in your name for the necessary documentation for payment approval in my bank headquarters in your favour.The money will be shared in the ratio: Sixty percent for me, thirty five percent for you and five percent for any arising contingencies during the course of this transaction.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 in the bank to secure approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. Please be informed that your
utmost confidentiality is required. If this interests you, please reply me immediately via the private email address: mohamed_abubaka@excite.com and please include your private telephone number for voice contact and fax number so I can provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction. Awaiting your urgent reply. Thanks. Best regards, Mr. Mohamed Abubaka.

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