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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:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • charleskaku9062@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr charles kaku" <charles_ppkaku28@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:19:11 +0100
Subject: Urgent

FROM:MR CHARLES KAKU,
ADDRESS:#128 DOVE, CLAIM STREET,
LUTON LANE,LONDON,ENGLAND.
TELEPHONE:+447984879605
ALTERNATIVE MAIL ADDRESS,
charleskaku9062@yahoo.com


DEAREST FRIEND.

CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

My name is charles kaku, I work in a bank here in the United Kingdom.I am
contacting you of a business transfer,of a huge sum of money from A deceased
account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude Will make any
one apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you that Everything has been
taken care off, and all will be well at the end Of the day. I decided to
contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION;I am the account officer of a foreigner named Gerald Welsh who
died in an air crash along with his wife on The 31st October 1999 in an
Egyptian airline 990 with Other passengers on board. You can confirm this
from The website below which was published by CNN.WEBSITE.
<http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair.01/>
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to Make claims for this
money as his heir, because they All died in the same accident himself and
his wife (May Their soul rest in peace). We cannot release the fund from his
account unless someone applies for claimas The next-of-kin to the deceased
as indicated in our
Banking guidelines. Upon this discovery, I now seek your
permission to have you stand as a next of kin to The deceased, as
all documentations will be carefully Worked out by me for
the funds(£12,500,000. 00) to Be released in your favor as the
beneficiary'snext of Kin. Because after four to five years the money will be
called back to the bank treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared
amongst the directors of the bank. So it is on this note I decided to seek
for whom his name shall be used as the
\next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow The bank directors
to share this money amongst themselves at the end of the year.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order
of mandamus to locate any of the Deceased beneficiaries and no one was
found. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our
mutual business Endeavor by furnishing me with the
following information if you are interested.

1.A Beneficiary name. In order for me to prepare the Document for transfer
of the funds in your name.

2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers. For our personal Contact and mutual
trust in each other.

3 you have to send me all your bank information including your bank address
and swift code of your account,and a copy of your international passport for
identification. scan and send to my mail box.

I shall be compensating you with 10 percent of the Whole funds on final
conclusion of this Project for your assistance, while the balance £11.25
Million Pounds(Eleven Million Two hundred and Fifty
Thousand Pounds)shall be for me for investment Purposes. Because I
intend to retire after the Conclusion of this transaction.
If this proposal is Acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me
Immediately. Do not take
undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you.I await your urgent
mail,via my private mail box:



charleskaku9062@yahoo.com

regards,
mr charles kaku

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