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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (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 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.
  • ssww101@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <ssvv101@sify.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 00:28:19 -0000
Subject: URGENT PROPOSAL From Mr. Sieu Wang!!!


FROM THE DESK OF:
MR. SIEU WANG
CHINATRUST COMMERCIAL BANK.
NAN KAN BRANCH, TAIWAN
REPUBLIC OF CHINA

I am Mr. Sieu Wang, Bank Manager of Chinatrust

Commercial Bank, Nan Kan branch, Taiwan,

R.O.C. I have urgent and very confidential

business proposition for you.

On June 6, 2002, a British Oil

consultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid

Minerals Corporation, Mr. Smith Lawrence made

a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve

calendar months, valued at US$30,000,000.00

(Thirty Million Dollars) in my branch. Upon

maturity, 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

Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation that Mr.

Smith Lawrence died from an automobile

accident. On further investigation, I found

out that he died without making a WILL, and

all attempts to trace his next of kin was

fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and

discovered that Mr. Smith Lawrence did not

declare any kin or relations in all his

official documents, including his Bank Deposit

paperwork in my Bank. This sum of

US$30,000,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank

and the interest is being rolled over with the

principal sum at the end of each year. No one

will ever come forward to claim it. According

to Laws of Republic of China, at the

expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will

revert to the ownership of the Chinese

Government if nobody applies to claim the

fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like

you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of

kin to Mr. Smith Lawrence so that the fruits

of this old man's labor will not get into the

hands of some corrupt government officials.

This is simple, I will like you to provide

immediately your full names and address so

that the attorney will prepare the necessary

documents and affidavits that will put you in

place as the next of kin. We shall employ the

services of an attorney for drafting and

notarization of the WILL and to obtain the

necessary documents and letter of

probate/administration in your favor for the

transfer. A bank account in any part of the

world that you will provide will then

facilitate the transfer of this money to you

as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will

be paid into your account for us to share in

the ratio of 90% for me and 10% for you.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork

for this transaction will be done by the

attorney and my position as the Branch Manager

guarantees the successful execution of this

transaction. If you are interested, please

reply immediately via the private email

address above. Upon your response, I shall

then provide you with more details and

relevant documents that will help you

understand the transaction. Please send me

your confidential telephone and fax numbers

for easy communication.

Please observe utmost confidentiality, and

rest assured that this transaction would be

most profitable for both of us because I shall

require your assistance to invest my share in

your country.

Awaiting your urgent reply via my email

address: ssww101@sify.com

Thanks and regards.
Mr. Sieu Wang.

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