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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • c_halech@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Christain=20Hales?= <c_halech@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: christainhales@gawab.com
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:23:16 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Your assistance needed


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a: c_halech@yahoo.es

Let me formally introduce myself for clarity purposes, I am Christain Hale the Credit manager and foreign Bills of Citi Trust Banking Corporation, Amsterdam The Netherlands I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank who perished in a ghastly plane crash (Egyptian Airline 990) with other passengers in 1999.



However, since the demise of our customer Eng. David Backer, my colleagues and I have watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of US$19,200,000.00(Nineteen Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) only which has been in our bank for seven years. Since we have not been able to locate any of Eng. David Backer's next of kin; the management under the influence of our Chairman and Members of the Board of Directors, for the funds to be declared as “unclaimed” and subsequently be recalled to the bank treasury.



In order to turn away this development, my colleagues and I now seek your permission to have you/ company stand as next of kin to Eng. David Backer so that the funds will be released and paid in your Company’s account as the next of kin.



Meanwhile, All documentations and proves that would enable you/company receive this funds has been worked out watchfully. We have secured from the probate registry, an order Mandamus to locate any of Eng. David Backer next of kin, and more so we are assuring you that the business is 100% Risk Free and you are entitle to have 20% of the total sum.



Kindly indicate your interest to enable us move forward and complete the transaction within (14) working days.



Regards,



- Christain Hales

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