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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:
  • "hundred thousand 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)
• 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.
  • blobchen55@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BOB CHEN" <bobchen@ig.com.br>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:27:15 +0200
Subject: Introduction Letter From: Mr. Bob Chen (Urgent Response Please)


Mr. Bob Chen
The Bank of East Asia Limited
City of Industry Branch
1675 Hanover Road ,
City of Industry ,
CA 91748 , USA
Email: blobchen55@gmail.com



Greetings Friend,

You may wonder why I am reaching out to you in spite friends that I have
known for years, the singular reason is that I have by the very nature of
this proposition and the required confidentiality decided to deal with a
person that I have not known before so that we can develop the trust and
execute this transaction without a third person knowing.

I would not have used this medium (Internet) but I chose 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. Bob Chen of THE BANK OF EAST ASIA LTD ( City of Industry Branch ,
USA ) 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 (THE BANK OF EAST ASIA LTD) in a recent meeting recommended that the
account of MR. JAMES D.CLEERE, who was one of my branch depositors, should
be declared Dormant, confiscated and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank
Treasury according to American Banking and financial law. He died in world
trade center as a victim of the September 11,2001 incident that befall the
United States 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.htm

OR
http://www.september11victims.com/september11Victims/VictimInfo.asp?ID=744

MR. JAMES D.CLEERE is an account holder in my branch; he owns a dollar
account with the sum of US$58.2M (Fifty Eight Million, two Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars Only) deposited in a Secret account with my branch .In
fact, since his death, no next of kin of the account holder (the brother)
nor any relative of him has shown up for the claim this is 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 affix 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%.

Kindly respond promptly so that I can advice you on the next step to follow.
Please refer your response to my private email address: blobchen55@gmail.com

I will be waiting to hear from you.

Yours truly,
Mr. Bob Chen
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA LTD
(City of Industry Branch , USA )
Email: blobchen55@gmail.com

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