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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: jim.goh3k1@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:38:26 +0800 (CST)
Subject: ATTENTION PLEASE !!!


Dear Wee Fu Tan,

It may surprise you receiving this letter from me,since there was no previous
correspondance between us.My name is Jimmy Goh, a Malaysian
national and personal Attorney to Late Mr.David Tan, who was hereinafter
called my client.
I am contacting you purely based on the fact that your surname tallies with my deceased client not that he is a relative of yours, who was pass away in 2003 leaving behind a large sun of money to the tune of (Eighteen Million Six Hundred thousand United State Dollars.

This bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin or the account will be declared unserviceable and the fund diverted to the bank treasury. So far all the effort to get a hold of someone related to this man has proved abortive. Hence I have contacted you, to help me distributing of the funding in your account.

I am actually asking for your consent to present you to the Bank as the Next of Kin/ beneficiary of my late client fund, since you have the same last name. So that proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Then we can share the fund on a mutually agreed-upon percentage of 60% to me and 40% to your kind self. All the legal documentations to back up your claims. shall be provided upon request.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve this opportunity. If this business proposition offends you, do accept my sincere apology. If on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me, kindly get back to me.

Kindest Regards.
Mr. Jimmy Goh
Senior Advocate/Solicitor.



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