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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 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)
  • ",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 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.
  • raadhasanmoqbel@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "raadhasanmoqbel7 Gazeta.pl" <raadhasanmoqbel7@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:56:14 +0100
Subject: Dear Anticipated Partner (Get back to me).


Dear Anticipated Partner,

I write to seek your services in a private confidential matter regarding my
late client who died leaving some funds unclaimed without any beneficiary to
claim the Funds. I am quite aware that you might have had no acquaintance
with the deceased but I can arrange for you to stand as the beneficiary. But
this requires a private arrangement. This is as a result of my search for
his next of kin.

I am Prof. Raad Moqbel Mohammed Hasan., the Personal Account officer to my
late client. This deal is all about my late client who died in the Kenya
Airways that crashed into a forest in southern Cameroon where it is feared
the six-month-old Boeing 737 crashed in the early hours of Saturday in
treacherous weather conditions.

I decided to contact you so that we could look for a possible way of
transferring the funds to you since no one has the knowledge of the lodged
sum and had no one to claim the funds as his next or relation and because of
the bank's resolve to return the funds as unclaimed
bill to the treasury. This means that the funds will be sent back to the
Federal treasury as an unclaimed bill.

However, certain unfolding events have made it necessary for me to seek your
consent and help through contacting you.

Recently there was a move by the holding bank/financial institute to call
back the money to the Federal Treasury, but I as his personal account
officer managed to approve for the funds to be put on hold. A huge cash
deposit of US$18,000,000.00 (Eighteen Million United States Dollars) was
domiciled with the offshore bank to my knowledge only. This is the last of
his assets. Now that I need to present you as the next of kin, I therefore
need you as a partner because you are a neutral party and has the same last
name as this will help/facilitate to help assist collect the funds which are
now on hold and disburse it secretly based on agreement and instructions.

Because our time is short, I have decided to give you 45% of the Funds and
disburse the rest based on agreement and instructions. Your major role would
be to open a bank account where the funds will be transferred.

All the necessary documentations will commence as soon as I hear from you.

Please contact me ASAP, so that we can discuss more at (
raadhasanmoqbel@hotmail.com).

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation.

Best Regards,

Prof. Raad Moqbel Mohammed Hasan.

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