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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • isaacpeter0001@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "isaac peter" <isaacpeter_7@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 05:54:35 -0700
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED

>From the desk of:
MY PRIVATE EMAIL:isaacpeter0001@yahoo.com
Mr, Isaac Peter
The Auditor
Korea Exchange Bank.
Far East Finance Centre,
16 Harcourt Road, Central,
Hong Kong.
ATTN:SIR

I am Mr. Isaac Peter, the Auditor General, Korean
Exchange Bank, Central,Hong Kong.
I am the Auditing officer to Mrs Salah SIR one of our
foreign customers, I oversaw her accounts and other
official/financial obligations as my office demanded
being her auditor.Unfortunately, On further
investigation, I found out that she died without
making a WILL, and she died along with her entire
family in the plane crash of 31TH October,1999 on
board the Egyptian Airline 990 alonside other
passengers.I decided to track her last name
over the Internet, to locate any member of her family
hence I got in contact with you.
I want to move the sum of $45Musd from our bank, Korea
Exchange Bank to abroad.
a. No one has operated this account since 1999.
b.The owner of the account died without a heir, hence
the money has been floating.
c.No other person knows about this account and there
was no known beneficiary.
AND IF I DO NOT REMIT THIS MONEY URGENTLY, IT WOULD BE
FORFEITED FOR NOTHING.
This money can only be approved to a foreign
beneficiary with a valid international passport or
driver's license and an account, hence I am contacting
you. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by
furnishing me with the following;
a.full Names and address.
b. Direct Telephone and fax numbers.
These requirements will enable me make some internal
re-adjustments and file your name in form A2, T12 and
other vital forms as next of kin.
Please consult the CABLE NEWS NETWORK (CNN) WEBSITE
below for verification.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
and BBC WORLD NEWS. WEBSITE.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm.
I am ready to give you the sum of $22,500,000 ($22.5M)
for you assistance and partnering with me. I look
foward to your prompt.
Best Regards ,

MR.Isaac Peter.


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