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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)
  • "million 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)
• This email message is a "dying merchant" 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.
  • abrahassan@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Abraham Hassan" <abrahassan@latinmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:37:16 +0000
Subject: Charitable Help

Dear Friend,

I read through your profile and must say i am, truely impressed with all i
see, I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe
everyone finds peace in the end. My name is Abraham Hassan a merchant of
Omani nationality but presently residing in Britain.
I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer .It has defiled all forms of
medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to
live, according to medical experts. I have not particularly lived my life
so well, as I never really cared for anyone (not even myself)but my
business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile
to people and only focused on my business as that was the only
thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is
more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the
world. I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I
would live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that
God has called me, I have willed and given most of my property and assets
to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few
close friends. I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I
have decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be
one of the last good deeds I do on earth.
So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the
Oman,Algeria and mali. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I
cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close
one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to
charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the
money to themselves.
Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with
what I have left for them.The last of my money which no one knows
of is the huge cash deposit of eighteen million dollars 18,000,000 that I
have with a finance/Security Company abroad.

I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatche it to charity
organizations. I have set aside 20% for you and for your time.

God be with you Abraham Hassan private email: abrahassan@gmail.com

Regards

Abraham Hassan

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