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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a "dying widow" 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.
  • mlsuzuk@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mrs Lisa Suzuki" <mlsuzuk@asiamail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 05:10:07 +0800
Subject: Urgent

Dear Friend,
I am Mrs.Lisa Williams from Malaysia.I am married to Dr.Kelly Williams
Suzuki who worked with Satndard Bank in London for nine years before he
died in the year 2002.We were married for nine years without a child.
He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.

After his death in 2002, there was confusion in the entire family as
regards sharing of the family assets and more also, there is envy and
jealousy as it was obvious that I was my husband's favourite wife because
my husband had three wife which i am the youngest and my husband was a
muslim when he was alive.As soon as he passed away, coupled with the
fact that, what i have and what is due to me might be taking away from me
by greedy family relations whose reasons is based on family tradition
and ethics i therefore decided to carefully moved out the fund which my
husband deposited from the bank where it was originally deposited with
the help of British diplomats and deposite it with a private
organization abroad.The amount of the fund is 10 million dollars.

Presently,this money is still with the the organization. I'm asking
your partnership to transfer the fund to your account.I took this
decision because I don't have any child and my husband relatives are not in
good terms with me.I don't want them to know about this development. With
God all things are possible.I am prepared to compensate you with
20%.And i have also set aside 10% for any expenses that may incure in this
transaction for both parties.As soon as I receive your reply I shall give
you the the full detail concerning this transaction.Awaiting your
urgent reply.Please for security reason reply me through my private email as
follow ( mlsuzuk@yahoo.co.uk )
Best Regards,
Mrs. Lisa


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