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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:
  • "this business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • drsmicookey@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "dr.smith cookey" <drsmck.8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dr_smithcookey@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:11:16 +0000
Subject: URGENT

From The Manager Credit and foriegn Bills
Absa Bank South Africa
Harfield,
Pretoria South Africa.


Attention: Dear,

My name is Dr. Smith Cookey the Manager,Credit and
Foreign bills of ABSA BANK SOUTH AFRICA. I am writing in respect of a
foreign customer of our bank with account number -908-14-255-114 whose name
is Cho, Kwiyoung(Mr.), an American citizen who died in a plane crash[Korean
Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers onboard on August 6,1997.And for
your perusal you can view thisweb site

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list

Since the demise of this customer, I personally
has watched with keen interest to see the next of kin
but all has proved abortive as no one has come to
claim his funds of US$10.5M (TEN Million Five
Hundred Thoudsand United States Dollars) which has
been with our branch for a very long time. On this
note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be
used as the Next of Kin as no one has come up as his
next of kin. And the banking ethics here does not
allow such money to stay more than eight years, because the money will be
recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund after this period.

In view of this I got your contact through a trade
journal when i was making a research on a foreigner i
will use in this great opportunity. For your assistant
I am willing give you 20% of the total amount. Upon the receipt of your
response, I will send you by fax or
e-mail the letter of application which you will type
sign and send back to our bank to enable us start this
processing of this claim.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all
modalities for the
smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been
finalized, this transaction will be complited within
five banking days of recieving your response, after
you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased.
When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail or call me signifying
your decision. Please include your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick
communication on my personal email address:

MY PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS
drsmicookey@yahoo.com

Yours Sincerely,
Dr.Smith Cookey.
Manager Credit and Foriegn Bills
Absa Bank South Africa,

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