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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:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "to your nominated bank 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)
  • "million united state 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• 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.
  • clarkson.verificationdept1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mr.patrickchan_2005@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MICROSOFT AWARD INTERNATIONAL TEAM" <clarkson.verificationdept1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:04:00 -1200
Subject: Congratulations!!! Your Email Has Won =?iso-8859-1?B?ozUwMCwwMDAsMDAu?=

Msn Award Team
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te United Kingdom.
Batch:MGI/08/BPA-83650
RefNr: MSN-L/200-26937

MICROSOFT 2007/2008 AWARD AND WINDOW
PROMOTION

There Winner,

This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Five
Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds (£500,000,00.) Five
Hundred Thousand Pounds {GBP} for the 2008 Prize
promotion, which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & WINDOWS
LIVE. This Program is organized to Promote and Encourage
YAHOO AND HOTMAIL Window Users.
YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people that
are active online, among the millions that subscribed to
Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six
people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion
and you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement
Centre. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed thought their
Accredited Agents in America, Canada or United Kingdom Any
prize not claimed would be forfeited. Stated below are your
identification numbers:

BATCH NUMBER: MGI/08/BPA-83650
REFERENCE NUMBER: MSN-L/200-26937
PIN: 4513

These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are
requested to contact our fiduciary agent in England and send
your winning identification numbers to him, He is Mr
Clarkson Hicks, Clarkson Verification Department.Agent Name:
Mr Clarkson Hicks.
E-Mail:clarkson.verificationdept1@yahoo.co.uk}E-Mail:
clarkson.verificationdept1@yahoo.co.uk}
For more information you can write to Mr Clarkson Hicks, on
Email:clarkson.verificationdept1@yahoo.co.uk. Please note
that all correspondence regarding your claim and urgent
response from us must be Directed to these email address
{clarkson.verificationdept1@yahoo.co.uk}

1. Full name...............................
2. Country..................................
3. Contact Address.....................
4. Tel/Cell Number........................
5. fax Number............................
6. Marital Status.........................
6. Occupation.............................
7. Age..............................
8. Sex.................................

Regards

Dr. (Mr.) Lawrence Miles.
Zonal Co-ordinator,United Kingdom
Award Promotion.


Good Day

Email:mr.patrickchan_2005@yahoo.com.hk

I am Mr. Patrick K. W. Chan. Executive Director and Chief
Financial Officer of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd.Before the U.S
and Iraqi war our client Col. Hosam Hassan who was with the
Iraqi forces and also businessman made a numbered fixed
deposit for 18 calendar months, with a value of Thirty
Million United State Dollars($30,000,000.00) only in my
branch.Upon maturity several notices was sent to him, even
during the war which began in 2003. Again after the war
another notification was sent and still no response came
from him. We later find out that Col. Hosam Hassan along
with his wife and only daughter had been killed during the
war in a bomb blast that hit their home.

After further investigation it was also discovered that our
client Col.Hosam Hassan did not declare any next of kin in
his official papers including the paper work of his bank
deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at
my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my
bank. So, Thirty Million United State
Dollars($30,000,000.00)is still lying in my bank and no one
will ever come forward to claim it.What bothers me most is
that according to the laws of my country at the expiration 5
years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong
Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.
Against this backdrop,my suggestion to you is that I will
like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to
Col.Hosam Hassan so that you will be able
to receive his funds.

MODALITIES:

I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so
that we shall come out successful. I have an attorney that
will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as
the next of kin to Col. Hosam Hassan,all that is required
from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your
Full Names and Address so that the attorney can commence his
job.After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney
will also fill in for claims on your behalf and secure the
necessary approval and of probate in your favour for the
move of the funds to an account that will be provided by
you.There is no risk involved at
all in this matter, as we are going to adopt a legalized
method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary
documents. Please endeavor to observe utmost
discretion in all matters concerning this issue.

Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank
account we shall then share in the ratio of 60% for me, 40%
for you.Should you be interested please send me your,
1,Full names,
2,Private phone number,
3,Current residential address.

And I will prefer you reach me on my private email
addressbelow;
mr.patrickchan_2005@yahoo.com.hk

and finally after that I shall provide you with more details
of this operation.
Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Mr. Patrick K. W. Chan.

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