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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • drsuvitkitti@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Suvit Kitti" <drsuvitkitti@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: drsuvitkitti@sify.com
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:18:01 -0900
Subject: Please reply urgently

To: Chairman/Managing Director
My name is Suvit Kitti, a Thailand citizen and a banker here with Bangkok Bank Public company Ltd. I got your name when as I was searching for an established businessman from Singapore. That is why this mail could come to you.
There is an important information I would like to reveal to you. One of our customers from Singapore,(Keivan Hajilou) happened to be involved in the tsunami that hit my country. He died with his wife and their son. I am his personal account / property manager and from his record, he used his son as his next of kin. Now I will like to change the name of his next of kin to your name so that this money will be transferred to your account in your country. If this is not done this money will be credited into the banks account as unclaimed fund. The amount involved is eight Million ninety four thousand US Dollar (8,094,000.00) only.
This money will be shared on 40/60 bases (you 40% and me 60%) respectively between two of us after its transfer to you country. This is a real deal if you are interested do contact me so that I will tell you what next to do about this. Please keep this to you only because I am still in service and I promised you that this will be done under a proper, secure and lagetemate arrangement that will prevent both of us from any bridge of law. Please copy your reply to drsuvitkitti@sify.com <mailto:drsuvitkitti@sify.com>
Regards
Dr. Suvit Kitti

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