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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447045705496 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448701333927 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • mr_dan_wu@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: intergalactic@att.net (Mr Daniel Wu)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:34:36 +0000
Subject: Viable Business Proposal

Viable Business Proposal

30/08/2007

Dear Prospective Partner,

I am writing to you on behalf of Mr.Kim Woo-Choong. My name is Mr.Daniel Wu and I am a

Managing Director at the Chinatrust Commercial Bank in Hong Kong. Our bank website is

www.chinatrust.com .

My friend Mr.Kim Woo-Choong has presented a delicate transaction which will need the

collaboration of a partner like yourself to complete successfully. This is the

proposition. Mr.Kim Woo-Choong is in a diffucult situation and he must immediately

relocate certain sums of money out of the Chinatrust Commercial Bank in Hong Kong.

Moreso, this must be done in such a way that it must not be tied to Mr.Kim himself. I

assure you that this is a legal transaction and the sum in question is currently

deposited in the name of an existing legal entity in Chinatrust Commercial Bank in Hong

Kong. Your role will be to act as a business trustee and end-title holder to funds which

are in excess of US$19 million. Everything will be done legally to ensure the rights to

the funds are transferred to you and you will be duly compensated with a very good

percentage of the total money. You can call me for further details, terms and agreement.

For Mr.Kim Woo-Choong's current profile visit these sites:

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/HF01Dg03.html
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=8637

I expect your enquiries and my response will be swift.

Mr.Daniel Wu
Managing Director, Investment Banking Group
Chinatrust Commercial Bank
Tel Nos: +44-704-570-5496
Fax No: +44-870-133-3927
Email: mr_dan_wu@yahoo.co.uk

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