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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • ",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)
  • "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.
  • mohamed3n@pochta.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mohamed noraldin" <mohamednoraldin@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:28:42 -0700
Subject: urgent


Dear friend,

I am Dr Mohamed Noraldin a national of Iraq and also Senior Credit Officer
of Royal Bank of Scotland .

Here is a 100% concealed and mutually profitable business proposal for you.
After the United States and Iraqi war, our client Hatem Kamil Abdul Fatah
who was the deputy governor of Baghdad in Iraq and also business man made a
portfolio deposit into an excrow account for 12 calendar months, with a
value of FOURTY MILLION UNITED STATE OF AMERICAN DOLLARS US$40,000,000.00)
only in our branch.

Upon maturity several notices were sent to him, but we later found out
that the Deputy Governor has been assassinated in Baghdad .

The websites below is a proof and verification of the news about his death:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3970619.stm
http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=6979

After further investigation it was also discovered that Hatem Kamil Abdul
Fatah did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the
paper work of this deposit.

My suggestion to you is that I will like you as a neutral person to stand in
as the next of kin to Hatem Kamil Abdul Fatah so that you will be able to
receive this funds with my aid as the insider.

THE PEREQUISITE OF THIS PROJECT: I want you to know that I have had
everything planned out so that we come out successful. I have contacted an
attorney that will prepare the necessary documents that will back up your
claim as the next of kin to Hatem Kamil Abdul Fatah,all that is required
from you now is for you to provide me with your Full Names and Address so
that the attorney can prepare the documents with your name.

After you have been made the next of kin, you will file in for claims and
secure the necessary approvals and letter of probate to move the Funds to
your account.

There are no risks involved in this matter as I have already adopt a
legalized method to conclude this project.

Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning
this issue. Once the funds have been transferred to your designated
country we shall share in the ratio of 50% for me, 40% for you and 10%;for
any expenses incurred during the course of this operation.

Should you be interested, please send me your full particulars including
your private phone number for easy communication, and I will provide you
with more details of this operation as well as my particulars.

I AWAIT A MAIL IN RESPONSE TO THIS EMAIL: mohamed3n@pochta.ru

Kind Regards,
Dr Mohamed Noraldin

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