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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "mirza mohammad" <mirza.mohammad78@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:49:11 +0800
Subject: PROPOSAL


*[image: Tourism Malaysia]*

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*MINISTRY OF TOURISM, MALAYSIA
Leve l 6, 21-23, 32-36, Menara Dato' Onn,
Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC),
45 Jalan Tun Ismail
50695 Kuala Lumpur
Federal Territory
MALAYSIA.

Attn,

I am Mr. Mirza Mohammad Taiyab, Executive director and financial controller
working with department of Foreign operations Dept, MINISTRY OF TOURISM,
MALAYSIA, I came across your contact information through reputable chamber
of commerce and industry and l decided to propose to you this business in
strict confidence.This transaction requires mutual understanding,
transparency and absolute trust to be executed.

One Alhaji Mohammed Kubani, from Indonesia executed a contract with the
Federal ministry of aviation here in Malaysia. the contract worth is
(US$28.300,000. USD) but on the process of transferring the money to him, he
died with his family in an earthquake disaster that occurred in Indonesia.
Meanwhile this fund is presently in the security company, nobody knows what
is going on except two of my colleagues and I. This is the information of
the contract executed by Alhaji Mohammed Kubani.

Contract Number: MTM/SLE/BIR/2004.
Contract Sum: US$28.300, 000. USD.

Therefore, you will stand as the trustee for the Original Contractor,I will
send to you the whole relevant documents that are required in this
transaction immediately you accept to cooperate with me. Send to me your
private telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. The name of
company you wish to use, The name of your bank and address, Your account
number as to where this money will be lodged.

Sir, We are willing to offer you 30% of the total sum as compensation for
your effort input after the successful transfer of the fund to your
nominated bank account, 10% is for miscellaneous expenses and 60% will be
for my colleagues and l.

This deal is 100% risk free and needs maturity from all the parties
involved. I will be going for my retirement very soon. So I need this money
to invest in viable project in your country or its environs.

You shall arrange for us to meet with you immediately after we transferred
the money to your account.
I am waiting for your urgent response.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. **Mirza Mohammad Taiyab*

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