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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • suhaara5@yahoo.dk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?suha=20tawil?= <suhaara5@yahoo.dk>
Reply-To: suhaara@88.am
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 04:03:44 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Hello


Jeg har en ny e-mail-adresse!Nu kan du e-maile mig på: suhaara5@yahoo.dk

Hello

My name is Mrs. Suha Tawil a widow from Palestine. Last week, I searched my husband portfolio and came across a document containing $24.4m,stating cash Deposit at HSBC BANK LONDON, I contacted the HSBC BANK PLC UK to ascertain the truth, but it was confirmed that my husband Deposited Amount of $24..4m on foreign company?s name. This money was paid to my husband from countries like Iraq and United States of America that he supplied arms to save them from terrorist attack However, when I put up a claim they refused saying unless I Present a foreign business associate of my late husband before I could be allowed to take the money outside UK to my country. Note that you will be entitled for commission of 20 percentage, if you provide your a/c .I don?t want my husband brothers to know that is why I contacted you. I write to inform you to help as my husband's foreign Friend so that we can claim this money from the HSBC BANK PLC LONDON for joint investment in your country.Please reply with your telephone, your name & mailing address and bank A/c numbers where the fund will be transferred to through swift telegraphic so that I will present it to HSBC bank to process the fund to your a/ c within 72hrs. Be advised that after presenting you as the beneficiary you will be dealing with HSBC bank directly while I will be taken information from you as my partner Regards,

Mrs. Suha Tawil

- suha tawil

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