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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)
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • simwong3@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "sinon wong" <sim_wong21@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:59:12 -0500
Subject: MESSAGE NEEDS REPLY

MR.SIMON WONG
DAH SING BANK LTD.
DES VOEUX RD.BRANCH,
CENTRAL HONG KONG,
HONK KONG.
Email:simwong3@myway.com

I am Mr.Simon Wong,credit officer of the Dah Sing Bank Ltd.I have a
concealed
business suggestion for you.Before the U.S and Iraqi war,our client
General.Hassan
Fazi who was with the Iraqi forces and also business man made a numbered
fixed
deposit for 18 calendar months,with a value of Fourty Three Million,Six
HundredThousand United State Dollars only in my branch.Upon maturity several
notice
was sent to him,even during the war early this year.Again after the war
another
notification was sent and still no response came from him.

We later find out that the General and his family had been killed during
the war in
bomb blast that hit their home.After further investigation it was also
discovered
that Gen. Hassan Fazi did not declare any next of kin in his official papers
including the paper work of his bank deposit.And he also confided in me the
last
time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my
bank.

So,Fourty Three Million,Six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still
lying in
my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it What bothers me most
is that
according to the to the laws of my country at the expiration three years the
funds
will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies
to claim
the funds.Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like
you as a
foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Gen.Hassan Fawzi so that you will
be able
to receive his funds.

WHAT IS TO BE DONE:
I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall
come out
successful. I have contacted an attorney that will prepare the necessary
document
that will back you up as the next of kin to Gen.Hassan Fawzi ,all that is
required
from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your full Names and
address so
that the attorney can commence his job.After you have been made the next of
kin,the
attorney will also fill in for claims on your behalf and secure the
necessary
approval and letter of probate in your favor for the move of the funds to an
account that will be provided by you.

There is no risk involved at all in the matter as we are going adopt a
legalized
method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents.Please
endeavor to
observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. Once the
funds have
been transferred to your nominated bank account we shall share in the ratio
of 70%
for me,25% for you and 5% for any expenses incurred during the course of
this
operation.Should you be interested please send me your private phone and fax
numbers for easy communication, you can write me via my private box
thus(simwong3@myway.com ) and i will provide you with more details of this
operation.

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

Thank you and God bless you.
Kind Regards,
Mr.Simon Wong

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