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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand american 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)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "observe utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• 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.
  • lu2005yann@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Liu Yan <liu2005yah@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:28:25 +0200
Subject: Hello


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FROM: Mr.Liu Yan
Bank of China Ltd.
13/F. Bank of China Tower1 Garden Road
Hong Kong,


I sincerely ask for forgiveness for I know this may seem like a complete
intrusion to your privacy but right about now this is my option of
communication. This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation
to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind; but please
consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility. I am
Mr. Liu Yan a transfer supervisor operations in investment section in
Bank of China Ltd. Secretariat of the BOCHK Charitable Foundation 13/F. Bank
of China Tower 1 Garden Road Hong Kong I have a obscured business
suggestion for you.

On June 5, 2002, a British Oil consultant/contractor with the South Korea
Solid Minerals Corporation, General Mohammed Jassim Ali made a numbered
time (Fixed) Deposit for Eighteen calendar months, valued at (Nineteen
Million Five Hundred Thousand American Dollars only) in my branch. Upon
maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no
reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from
his contract employers, that General Mohammed Jassim Ali died from an
auto-mobile accident. On further investigation, I found out that he died
without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was
fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that
General Mohammed Jassim Ali did not declare any kin or relations in all his
official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.
This sum of Nineteen Million Five Hundred Thousand American Dollars only is
still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the
principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to
claim it.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand
in as the next of kin to General Mohammed
Jassim Ali so that the fruits of this old man's labour will not get into the
hands of some corrupt government officials.
This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names and
address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and
affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall employ
the services of an attorney for drafting and notarization of the WILL and
to obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in
your favour for the transfer. A bank account in any part of the world
that you will provide will, then facilitate the transfer of this money to
you as the beneficiary/next of kin.

The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of
60%for me and 40% for you and 5% will be mapped out at the end for
Expenses Incurred in the course of the transaction There is no risk at all
as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and
with my position as the credit officer guarantees the successful execution
of this transaction.
If you are interested, please reply immediately to my private email box,
{lu2005yann@yahoo.com.hk}
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details that will
help you understand the transaction. Please send me your
confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. You should
observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction
would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your
assistance to invest my share in your country.

Regards,

Liu Yan.



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