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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "united state dollar" (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.
  • abdulla_ishaq@japan.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Abdulla Ishaq <abdulla_ishaq298@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <abdulla_ishaq@myway.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:49:50 -0500
Subject: HAVE A GREAT DAY


From the Desk OfMr.Abdulla IshaqManagerNational Bank of Dubai,Jumeira Beach RoadOpposite to Mercato MallBranch United Arab Emirates Email: abdulla_ishaq@japan.com
Dear Friend,
This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not yet met. The message could be strange but real if you pay some attention to it. I could have notified you about it at least for the sake of your integrity. Please accept my sincere apologies. In bringing this message of goodwill to you, I have to say that I have no intentions of causing you any pains instead bringing mutual benefit to both of us.I managed to get your contact details through the Internet myself. Time is of the importance and I am desperately looking for a person to assist me in this confidential Deal that come out im my department, where i am the head, My name is Mr Abdulla Ishaq, the branch manager and senior account supervisory officer of National Bank Of Dubai. My duty involves administrative documentation of all daily deposits in the bank. I send this mail to seek your participation in this monetary project that would be of mutual benefit to both of us.In the course of one of my daily routines, I discovered documents of asecret account called (Fixed Income Investment Banking Account) for 5years worth( $9.5) Nine Million Five Hundread Thousand United State Dollars belonging to one of our customersMr.Neal Walker (Late) an American oil consultant died in plane crash with family on bord way back in 1999, you can confirm bellow the websitehttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml Most asttorning of my discovery was that, all records bear no next of kin, meaning, no member of Mr. Neal Walker family knows about the deposit therefore, no member of his family will ever come forward to claim the money. This revelation is only known to me. Now, I seek your collaboration to act as Next of Kin of late Mr. Neal Walker to claim the funds and move them into useful investments. I know that you know a lot about investments, that is why I have come to you. We shall split the cash between us in a ratio that would be negotiated between us upon confirmation of the funds in your account. Please note that by virtue of my position in the bank, I have worked out the perfect modality as well as I shall provide the relevant information/documents for the successful claim and transfer of the funds to the account provided by you,be rest assured that this project involve no risk. Upon the receipt of acceptance mail from you. Provide me these details(1) your direct mobile/fax number.(2) your name and country resident address. (3) Your private E-mail box. Therefore I can guarantee you that you shall not be liable to exposure in anyway imaginable. I shall need to be able to trust you, as much as you will need to do the same about me. Therefore, I shall advice you to send me an email as soon as you receive this message if you think so that we can go over the details. Thank you in advance and may Allah bless you and your family Waiting your positive response. Best regards, MR Abdullah,
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