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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 state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • yusuffocalan000001@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "yusuff ocalan" <yusuffoca38@gmail.com>
Reply-To: yusuffoca1@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 20:39:56 +0100
Subject: PEACE BE UNTO YOU MY FRIEND.


FROM YUSUFF OCALAN
EMAIL: *yusuffocalan000001@yahoo.com<http://us.f452.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=yusuffocalan000001@yahoo.com>
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Dear Sir

Peace be unto you my good friend. I am the only surviving child of Abdullah
Öcalan,The leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).My father actively
fought for the liberation and unification of our people (The Kurds) under
one sovereign nation which earned him the support of many and being branded
a rebel by others.He amassed a lot of money garnered from supporters and
sympathisers alike from which he kept quite a lot for his family'suse.l
will want you to go through this site and know more about Abdullah Öcalan.

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_%C3%96calan*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_%C3%96calan>

Before his sudden arrest in 1999,he confided in me the whereabouts of this
money which is ($45Mand)Fourty five Million united State Dollars and
instructed me to find means of investing the funds far away from the reach
of the Turkish government who have frozen most of the accounts and assets
of the PKK.I need you to invest this money for the benefit of my three year
old son Hassan.

He is all that is left of the Öcalan family.A few months ago I was diagnosed
with cancer and was told by doctors that I have no long time to live.My dear
father will not be released by the Turkish government any time soon.All I
ask of you is to assist in the transfer and investment of the funds in a
neutral country on behalf of Hassan, my son till he is of age.l want you to
send to me your contact address,your phone number,your Occupation and your
Age.Once you get back to me,l will tell you on how you can contact the bank
where the money is deposited.

Regards,
Yusuff Öcalan.
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Email: *yusuffocalan000001@yahoo.com<http://us.f452.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=yusuffocalan000001@yahoo.com>
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