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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)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • mrfchu@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Frederic Chu <fredchu@levelem.net>
Reply-To: fredericchu@live.com
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:44:34 +0200
Subject: INTRODUCTION LETTER




INTRODUCTION LETTER
Mr. Frederick Chu
PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS: mrfchu@yahoo.com.hk [1]


I am Mr. Frederick Chu, do permit me to have introduced myself
briefly, I Am Head of
Private Banking, SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK. I know it may seem
Improper to introduce
myself this way and more importantly via mail but I have just
considered it faster and
safe means of communication. Do not be amazed by this mail. 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 in a recent meeting,
Recommended that the account
of Mr. Alexander H. Chiang, who was one of my branch depositors,
should be Declared
dormant, confiscated and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank
Treasury. He died in
world trade Center as a victim of the September 11,2001.Incident
that befall the
united state of America, the bank has made series of efforts to
Contact any of the
relatives to
claim this money but without success.

Mr. Alexander H. Chiang is an account holder in my branch; he owns a
Secret dollar
account with the sum of Thirty Nine Million, Seven Hundred Thousand
United States
Dollars Only. Since his death, no next of kin of the Dollar account
holder nor any
relative of his 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 Next of
kin of the deceased, I will give you the relevant documents And
contacts to file the
claim 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 on how we should handle it, my solicitor will handle all
the legal Process
and perfect the process of the transfer of the money to you.

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
Sixty/Forty. That is I will
have Sixty percent while you will have Forty percent.

PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS: mrfchu@yahoo.com.hk [1]

Yours Truly,
Mr. Frederick Chu

Links:
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[1] mailto:mrfchu@yahoo.com.hk

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