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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 states 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)
  • "you will take 25%" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Peter Chang" <peter_chang20@emailaccount.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 01:58:23 +0800
Subject: Good Day.

Mr.Peter Chang.
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.

ATTN:Mr./Mrs,

TRANSFER OF ($17,500.000.00 USD} SEVENTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS.

I want to transfer ($17,500.000.00 USD) Seventeen Million Five Hundred United States Dollars
from a Bank here in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia,to an oversea account.First,I must solicit your strictest
confidence in this transaction.This is by virtue of it's nature as being utterly confidential.I am sure
and have confidence of your ability and reliability to execute a transaction of this great magnitude.
I solicit your assistance to enable us transfer the said amount into your safe account for onward
investment.You can either provide us with an existing account or to set up a new Bank account
immediately to receive this money,even an empty a/c can serve to receive this fund,as long as
you will remain honest till the end of this important business.Trusting in you and believing that you
will never let me down,either now or in future.

I am the personal account officer to a great late INDUSTRIALIST who has an account in one
of the top Banks here in Malaysia.The account was opened in 2000 and he died in the year 2003
without a written or oral WILL.Since then nobody has operated on this account again,hence the
fund is floating and if I do not remit this fund out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing since the
Bank has been sold on Wednesday,19 March 2003 to another bank and the management of the
Bank is now ready to release the fund to any foreigner who has the correct information of the
account,before fully handing over the management to the new Bank.The owner of this account
is a foreigner and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it,the account
has no other beneficiary.My investigation through the National immigration department proved to
me as well,that he was single as at the point of his entry into Malaysia.

The amount in this account is USD$17.5 Million (Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars ).As a matter of fact,I have decided to transfer this fund abroad for investment.
Your assistance as a foreigner is necessary,because the management of the Bank will welcome any
foreigner,that has the correct information to this account,which I will give to you immediately,if you
are interested in doing this business with me.

There is no risk to this business.With my position and my personal contact with the manager of
the Bank,the fund can be transferred to any account you can provide with assurance that this fund
will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country for division.We will start the first transfer with
Seven Million[$7,000.000.00].Upon a successful transfer without any disappointment from your side,
we shall re-apply for the remittance of the balance of $10.5 Million to your account.I am only contacting
you as a foreigner,because this fund can not be approved to a local person here,but can only be
approved to any foreigner who has the correct information of the account,which I will provide to you.
So you should provide me with your correct account detail where you will like the fund to be transferred
or you can set up a new account for the transfer,even an empty account is ok.

At the conclussion of the transfer you will take 25% for your honest committment and positive contributions
to enhance that the transaction succeeds,and the remaining 75% will be for me,which I intend to invest in
any area you deem lucrative.

As soon as I hear from you,and upon your strong assurance,that you will not let me down once the fund
goes into your account,I will then start to process the transfer of the fund to your account without any
further delay.Please send your interest to my confidential email address: peter_chang20@gawab.com.com
Fund for further detail.

YoursFaithfully,

Mr.Peter Chang.
peter_chang20@gawab.com.com


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