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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "escrow account with no beneficiary" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "there are practically no risks involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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Fraud email example:

From: "andrew lee" <andrewlee006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: andrewlee@tokyo.com
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:01:24 +0000
Subject: YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE


Dear Sir,

My name is Andrew Lee. The Regional Manger of Asia Commercial Bank now
renamed to Public Bank (Hong Kong) Limited Kwai Chung Branch I got your
contact information from the recent annual banking conference held here in
Hong kong .I have packaged a financial transaction that will be of mutual
benefit to both of us.As the Regional manager of the bank, it is my duty to
send our annual financial reports to my head office Hong Kong.During the
annual auditing of our financial report i discovered an abandoned sum of
Sixty Five Million five Hundred Thousand US Dollars (65,500.000.00) in an
account that belong to a deceased foreign customers who was a consultant on
Top state security and Data trafficking,my head office is not aware of and
will never be aware.I have placed this fund in what we call ESCROW Account
with no beneficiary.

As a Senior Officers i must adhere to the highest standards of honest and
ethical conduct at all times in connection with my employment with the Bank.
The Bank requires full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure
in reports to serve as the basis for it's Bank financial reporting to the
stockholder and Board of Directors.

This documents must be filed with or submitted to the Securities and
Exchange Commission and in other public communications made by my Bank.In
the light of the above I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I
am impelled to request for your assistance to

receive this money into your bank account.I intend to part 30% of this fund
to you as your commission.I do need to assure you that there are practically
no risks involved in this since it going to be a BANK TO BANK transfer All I
need from you is to claim the money as the original depositor who lodged the
fund with my branch.If you accept my request i will appreciate you reach me
via Email andrewlee@tokyo.com


Thanks for your anticipated co-operation


With regards,
Andrew Lee
+852 6720 2304

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