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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.
• 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.
  • thanwong18@googlemail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "than wong" <thanww@unimail.mn>
Reply-To: thanwong18@googlemail.com
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:59:42 -0700
Subject: Special information!


*Bank of East Asia ltd.*

*Bank of East Asia Building, *

*137** Market Street, Singapore** 048943*

*Please do reply me at my private *

*email (thanwong18@googlemail.com)*

* *

*Special information! *

* *

*A customer of ours who may relate to you (perhaps) in*

*Singapore** died three years ago in Tsunami tragedy*

*Indonesia** leaving behind an estate/capital (US$21.450M*

*with interest) in a bank here where I work, till date*

*nobody has come forward or put application for the*

*claim. *

* *

*Please log on to this websites for more information*

*about the Tsunami tragedy.*

* *

*http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=2375*

*http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=2745*

* *

*During the bank private search recently for the late*

*gentle man relatives your name and email contact was*

*among the findings that matches the same surname as*

*the deceased (name WITHELD for security reason) who*

*died intestate with no Will or next of kin. To*

*maintain the level of security required I have*

*intentionally left out the final details. *

* *

*I urge you to come forward since I can provide you*

*with the details needed for you to claim the*

*estate/capital so that I can be gratify by you, in this way*

*$8,580,000.00 for you and $12,870,000.00 for me and*

*my colleagues that will do all the crucial part in the*

*bank to have the claim release to you promptly. To*

*affirm your willingness and cooperation please do so*

*by replying me at my private email (thanwong18@googlemail.com)*

*stating.*

* *

*YOUR FULL NAME, *

*DATE OF BIRTH,*

*OCCUPATION,*

*NATIONALITY, *

*TELEPHONE NUMBER, FAX NUMBER,*

*PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS AND POSTAL ADDRESS.*

* *

*I do expect you prompt response. *

* *

*Thank you,*

*Than Wong.*

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