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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.
  • mr_collinsexpat1982@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "collins expat" <collins_expat40@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mr_collinsexpat1982@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:48:37 +0000
Subject: Hello my Friend

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
NE - 1 ALDERMANBURY SQUARE,
LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM
EC2V 7SB - 020,7280 7500.
TEL:(44)-207-060-1322
FAX:( 44)-700-596-1775

Hello my Friend,

I am Mr Collins Expat the Bank Manager of standard chartered bank NE - 1
ALDERMANBURY SQUARE, London EC2V 7SB - 020,7280 7500.I have an urgent and
very confidential business proposition for you. On June 6, 1998, an Iraqi
Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the BRITISH PETROLUEM CORPORATION MR.
KAZIM AL JIHADI.

Made a numbered time (Fixed deposit) for 36 calendar months, valued at
US$29,500,000.00 (Twenty Nine Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars only) in
my branch. Upon maturity in 2001, I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and
finally we discovered from his contract employers, the British petroleum
corporation that MR. KAZIM AL JIHADI died as a result of torture in the hand
of Sadam Hussein during one of his trips to his country Iraq. On further
investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL and all
attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that MR. KAZIM AL
JIHADI. Did not declare any next of kin or relation in all his official
documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. These sum of
US$29,500,000.00 have been floating as unclaimed since 2001 in my bank as
all efforts to get his relatives have hit the stones.
According to the British law at the expiration of 8 (eight) years, the money
will revert to the ownership of the British Government if nobody applies to
claim the fund and the eight years is the end of December 2006.

Consequently, my proposal is that I want to seek your consent as a foreigner
to stand in as the owner of the money as the next of kin to the deceased so
that the bank will transfer the money to your designated account. All
documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked
out.

I have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of the
deceased beneficiaries, and more so I am assuring you that the business is
risk free involvement. Your share stays while the rest be for me and for
investment purpose as I will leave London by the end of the year.

The sharing of the funds will be based According to agreement between {both
of us} that is, me and you. As soon as I receive an acknowledgement of
receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business proposal, I
will furnish you with the necessary modalities and disbursement ratio to
suit both parties without any conflict. If this proposal is acceptable by
you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you.
Indicate your interest to fully co-operate with us By providing the bellow
informations. to my altanate email adress: mr_collinsexpat1982@yahoo.com

NAME:........................
CONTACT ADD: ..........
AGE:..........................
SEX:..........................
TEL................. ..........
FAX:........................
OCCUPATION STATUS:.................
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:....................

God Bless you.

Collins Expat.

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