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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:
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • hassan4banking@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: hassan goodluck <gkhassan01@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 16:01:33 +0300
Subject: FROM THE OFFICE OF MR HASSAN.


ECOBANK COTE D'IVOIRE,IMM.ALLIANCE-AV.TERRASSON DE FOUGERES,
COTE D,IVOIRE
Greetings,I would not have used this medium (Internet) but I choose to reach you through it because it is the fastest,surest and most secured medium of communication. However,this correspondence is un-official and private,and it should be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this transaction is hitch free from all what you may think of. I am MR GOODLUCK HASSAN, Financial Officer of ECOBANK CI. I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached to this transaction.The Management and the Legal department of our bank in a recent meeting, Recommended that the account of WAI-CHING CHUNG, who was one of my branch depositor, should be declared dormant,confisticated and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank Treasury according to cote d'ivoire Banking and financial law. He died in world trade centre as a victims of the September 11,2001 incident that befall the United State of America,the bank has made series of efforts to contact any of the relatives to claim this money but without success, you can confirm through this site:http://www.september11victims.com/september11Victims/victims_list.htmMR WAI-CHING CHUNG is an account holder in my branch, he owns a dollar account with the sum of US$20M ( Twenty Million United States Dollars Only) deposited in a Secret account with my branch .In fact, since his death,no next of kin of the Dollar account holder(the brother) nor any relative of him has shown up for the claim this because he has the account as a secret account thus he left all the documents for the deposit with me.This is where I am interested and where I want you to come in. I want you to come in as the relation of the deceased, I will give you the relevant documents and contacts to file the application and then effect the approvals for the transfer of the money, I will be the one to provide the vital documents for the claims of the money and then advise you exactly how we should handle it.Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home Address when replying this mail and I will give you more information as soon as you indicate your willingness to assist in this transaction.We will use our positions to get all internal documentations to back up the claims.Do not be bothered that you are not related in any way to him as I am in position to afix your name as the next of kin.The whole Procedures will last only 7 working days to get the fund retrieved successfully without trace even in future. After the transfer of the money we shall share the money 60-40.that is I will have 60% while you will have 40%.I await your urgent response .Thank you !.
MR GOODLUCK HASSAN,FINANCIAL Officer,ECOBANK COTE D'IVOIRE

NB: You can as well reply with this email address: hassan4banking@yahoo.com
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