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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
• 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.
  • jmchai105711@yahoo.com.sg (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "james chai" <jameschai8@unimail.mn>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:18:39 -0700
Subject: Compliments of the day..


Dear Friend


Compliments of the day..


My name is Mr. James Chai and I work as an Account Manager in a bank based
in Singapore.I have managed a certain account for a Resident Foreigner here
in Singapore who coincidentally bears the same last name with you, who
unfortunately died leaving in our care a fairly huge amount of money in a
Domiciliary United States Dollars Account. We had unsuccessfully tried to
make contact with any relatives of this client over the last couple of
months but exhaustive enquiries is limited by our professional ethics which
obligates us to act with extreme caution and confidentiality when dealing
with clients Accounts of this type! This has made it impossible to get round
the problem of identifying a next-of –kin in this situation.


I URGENTLY require your assistance in securing the estate left behind by
my client as any time from now it may be declared unserviceable and
consequently confiscated by the Monatary Authorities of Singapore(MAS) here
in Singapore.Indeed the MAS has issued a MANDATORY NOTICE demanding us to
provide (before the expiration of second quarter 2008) a next-of-Kin to my
client's Estate or have same reserved to the protection of the State of
Singapore.


Having satisfied all legal requirements of Beneficiary/next-of-Kin
Notification over the past two years, I am convinced that no one will turn
up to lay claim to this funds,hence,I write to seek your consent to put you
forward and present you as the next-of –Kin of my deceased client since you
bear same last name so that proceeds from his Estate(Valued conservatively
at Four Million, Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars)
can be paid into an account to be provided by your good-self(preferably
outside Singapore financial institutions).


I have all relevant information to validate our claim presenting you as
next-of-Kin and all we will do shall be within the confines of all
Singapore regulating Statutes. All I ask is your co-operation and trust and
all I can say at this time is that the compensation will be worth every
effort and commitment that you will bring into this transaction. Do get back
to me through my personal e-mail address: (jmchai105711@yahoo.com.sg) On
receipt of your response, I shall provide you with a dedicated private
telephone number with which we shall speak and upon which I shall furnish
you with greater details of this transaction


Your sincerely,


Mr. James Chai

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