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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:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "chou" <chou987mui@excite.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:06:31 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: READ ME


MR,CHOU MUIHang Seng Bank Ltd,Hong Kong.Tel/fax: +852-301-56159E-MAIL:c_muii987@walla.com Let me start by introducing of myself.I am mr.chou mui, assistant director of operations of hang seng bank ltd,sai wan ho branch, 171 shaukiwan road hong kong. Before the u.s and iraqi war,our client hamadi hashem of a business man made a numbered fixed deposit of 346,736,899.68 hkd for 18 calendar months,at the time valued to forty four million five hundred thousand united state dollars only in my branch. Upon maturity several letters was sent to him,even during the war of over two years ago (2003) now.Again after the war another notification was sent and still of no response came back from him.We later found out that him hamadi hashem and of his family had been killed during the war of a bomb blast that hit their home at mukaradeeb where his personal oil well was. http://www.iraqmemorialwall.org/iraqicasualties.htmlhttp://www.iraqbodycount.net/names.htm After further investigation it
was also discovered that him hamadi hashem did not declare of any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided to me before this event the last time he was at my office that no one except of me knew of his deposit with my bank. So,forty four million five hundred thousand united state dollars of hisis still lying in my bank and no one will come forward to claim of it.What bothers me most now is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of four years six months the funds will revert to the ownership of the hong kong government if nobody applies to claim of the valued funds.Against this backdrop,my suggestion to you of this is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to hamadi hashem so that you will be able to receive of his funds. WHAT IS TO BE DONE: I want you to know that I have everything planned out so that we shall come out successful.I have contacted of an attorney that will
prepare of the necessary documents that will back you up as the next of kin to hamadi hashem, all that is required of you at this stage is for you to provide me of your names and address so that the attorney can commence his job. After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney will also file in for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in Our favour for the move of the funds to an account that will be provided by you. There is no risk involved at all in this matter as we are going to adopt of a legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents needed. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account we shall share in the ratio of 70% (me),30% (you). Should you be interested please send to me of your names and residential address and I will prefer you to reach me on my private email
account:{c_muii987@walla.com} And finally after that I shall provide you with more details of this operation.Your earliest response to this will be much appreciated. regards, mr.chou mui. PS:Pls read clearly of this email from me to you to understand very well before response back and if not interested or not in position to handle of this transaction pls disregard of this email and accept of my apologies as I will not contact to you of further details as intended.

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