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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • westpacbanking2005@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Westpac=20Banking=20Corporation=20London?= <westpacbanking2005@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: westpacbanking@walla.com
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 03:18:17 +0530 (IST)
Subject: VERY URGENT


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: westpacbanking2005@yahoo.co.in

I am Mr.Andy Bushman,Branch Manager, Westpac Banking

Corporation London.


On January 6th 1999, one Mr. Mohamed Kamal Yasser ,an

Egyptian National,a consultant/contractor with

Gardiner & Theobald,a leading firm of project and cost

management consultants, made a numbered time (Fixed)

Deposit,valued at £19,500,000.00(Nineteen Million,Five

Hundred ThousandPounds)for twelve calender months in

my Bank Branch.


Upon Maturity, we sent a routine notification to

hisforwarding address but got no reply. After a

month,we senta reminder and finally we discovered from

his contract employers (Gardiner & Theobald) that Mr.

MohamedKamal Yasser died from air disaster in October

31st, 1999.Onfurther investigation, it was discovered

that he died without making a WILL (En-state) and all

attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.

Please go through this website to confirm this story

about the plane crash.


http://www.greatdreams.com/PassEAir990.htm


On further investigations, it was discovered that Late

Mr Mohamed Kamal Yasser did not declare any next of

kin or relations in all his official documents,

including his Bank Deposit paper work here at the

Bank.The total sum,£19,500,000.00 is still


in my bank and the interest is being rolledover with

the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will

ever come forward to claim it.


In accordance with the Banking Federal Laws and

constitution,at the expiration of 7 (seven) years,the

money will revert to the ownership of the Government

if nobody applies as the next of Kin to claim the

funds.


Consequently, I shall present you as a foreign partner

to stand in as the next of kin to late Mr. Mohamed

Kamal Yasser so that you and I can benefitfrom the

fruits of this old man's labour to enhance

humanitarian Organisation Worldwide.


Upon acceptance of this proposal, I shall send to you

either by fax or email a scanned copy of the Westpac

Banking Corporation "Next of Kin Payment Application

Form"as well as detailed information on how this deal

would be transacted.


We shall employ the services of a solicitor for the

drafting of the LAST WILL & TESTAMENT of Late

Mr.Mohamed Kamal Yasser and to obtain all other

relevant papers in your name for the necessary

documentation for payment approval in my

bankheadquarters in your favour.



The money will be shared in the ratio:Sixty percent

for me, thirty five percentfor you and five percent

for any arising contigencies during the course of this

transaction.I guarantee that this will be executed

under legitimate arrangement


that will protectyou from any breach of the law as I

will use my position as the Bank's Branch Managerto

secure approvals and guarantee the successful

execution of this


transaction.It will take only 7-10 working days to

conclude this transaction.


Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is

required. If this interests you, please reply me

immediately via the private email address below and

please include your private phone number for voice

contact and fax number so that I can provide you with

more details and relevant documents that will help you

understand the transaction better.


Awaiting your urgent reply.


Thanks.


Best regards,


Andy Bushman

(westpacbanking@walla.com)

- Westpac Banking Corporation London

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