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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:
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
• 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.
  • info_ninawang13@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: officework001@mchsi.com (Mr. Tony Chan Chun-chuen)
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 15:28:01 +0000
Subject: Pleas read!!!

Hello!!!

My name is Tony Chan Chun-chuen, friend and close confidant to Nina Wang Kung,
Who passed away on the 3rd of April 2007. I will save your time by not boring
you with all the details at this time, Which has already been disseminated by
the international media during the Controversial dispute that erupted between
her and her late husband Relatives concerning the huge estate he left behind.

To save my time and yours I ask that you go to this link,

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/fortune-teller-in-luck-as-tycoon-leaves-him-
47bn/2007/04/21/1176697153112.html

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/southeastasia/view/271533/1/.html

As you will learn after going through the link above,

Now the reason why I have contacted you is that there is some Funds in the tune
of $12,000,000.00 with the Hang Seng Bank China, and I want Your assistance for
me to transfer these funds in your name to your account for Both of us I will
agree to share with you in a negotiable percentage as far as You agree to take
part in this mutual benefiting opportunity.

Contact me in my private E-mail for more details: info_ninawang13@yahoo.com.hk

Thanks & May the Stars Guide us In the Right Path,

I remain yours sincerely,
Tony Chan Chun-chuen

Anti-fraud resources:

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