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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 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.
  • yaoyeongchan001_uob@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Yao Chan" <yaoyeongchan001_uob@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:42:24 +0800
Subject: how are you?

Goodday Sir,
My names are Yao Yeong Chan. I am contacting you based on the accounts
belonging to a single
holder with UNITED OVERSEAS BANK here in Singapore. His accounts to the tune
of
$15.7M(Fifteen Million, Seven Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) had been
dormant and was last operated since 12 years.
This was discovered last month during my routine audit check as the
external auditor for
the United Overseas Bank (UOB) Asian region. My investigations of the said
account reveal
that the investor (David) died in 1993—the exact time the account were last
operated. I am of the settled conviction that with you working with me, the
funds can be secured quietly instead of the Singapore Government to put up
an application to declare these Accounts unclaimed.
My Colleague and I wants you to participate by first putting up an
application to United
Overseas bank as the beneficiary /next of kin to the deceased person
Accounts. The reference file with United Overseas Bank concerning these
accounts will be sent to you via DHL or fax.

1. All the information is contained in the reference file which will help
you in putting up
application requesting for these claims. According to singapore law of
inheritance claims, you
will have to seek for a lawyer here in Singapore who will represent you on
this process. If
you have such one here in Singapore let us know otherwise we shall check UOB
records to
verify for one who is sure to represent your interest and he must not know
we are working
together.
Once his application arrives in UOB,me and my colleague will exert pressure
on the bank for
the release of the funds to you since we are external Auditors. The process
will take between
12-14 working days. We offer you 25% for your effort while 75% will be for
us from the total
funds and if this is accepted and you are fully ready to participate state
your

FULL NAME, DATE OF BIRTH,TELEPHONE
NUMBER,FAX NUMBER,EMAIL ADDRESS AND POSTAL ADDRESS to :
yaoyeongchan001_uob@yahoo.com

Thank you,
Y.Y.Chan

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