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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.
  • abmeed@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Abdul-Hameed" <mrabmeed@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: abmeed1@yahoo.ie
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:05:30 -0800
Subject: Mr.Abdul-Hameed.(Contact Me).

From:Mr. Abdul Hameed

Attention: My Good Friend

I am Mr. Abdul Hameed, I work with one of the largest Investment Company here in ABU-DHABI,U.A.E Basically, we are into Fund Management and Portfolio Investments.

My Deceased Client Willie Jackson Sr., 61 years, of USA, made a Deposit of Investment Fund valued at ???? (amount not disclosed now for security reasons) with a Bank here U.A.E and unfortunately lost his life aboard Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31, 1999 (View:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm) and left no clear beneficiary as Next of Kin as he has not completed all of his investment paper works with my company.

As the Fund Manager of the deceased, I have the file of the deceased that contains his investment instructions, so the bank is unaware that the deceased does not state his next of kin. Usually, it is our policy to commence investment for client when our investment-receiving bank receives their payments. Under a clear and legitimate agreement with you, I shall present you as the next of Kin, to claim the fund, so that the bank or Government will not confiscate the Fund.

Should you be willing to work with me, do send your name and contact address, phone no. (abmeed@yahoo.co.uk) I will get back to you for more details.

Best Regards

Mr. Abdul Hameed

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