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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "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)
  • "very confidential" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <nizarmallouhi@live.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:25:40 +0000
Subject: Can I Conferred On You.



>From The Desk of Inizar Al Mallouhi
Branch Manager of
Emirate Bank International Dubai
United Arab Emirate (U.A.E)
Private E-mail: nizarmallouhi@live.com

Attention : Dear Friend,

I am Inizar Al Mallouhi Branch
Manager Emirate Bank International Dubai ),I have urgent and very
confidential business proposition for you. A British Oil consultant and
contractor with the Kruger Gold Company, Mr. Donald Heck made a
numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at
US$17,500,000.00 (Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) 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, the Kruger Gold
Company that Mr. Donald Heck died in a plane crash along with his wife
Mr. and Mrs. Heck in Egypt Air Flight 990, 1999 air crash.(Take a view
on the news)
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories /1999/11/01/iran/main49778 .shtml

Since we got this information about
his death and 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
Mr. Donald Heck did not declare any kin or relations in all his
official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.
the sum of US$17,500,000.00 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.

According to Laws of United Arab
Emirates, at the expiration of 10 (Ten) years, the money will revert to
the ownership of the (U.A.E) Government if nobody applies to claim the
fund. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner
to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Donald Heck so that the fruits of
this old man's labor 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 favor
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. If you are interested,
please reply immediately via the private email address above. Upon your
response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please send me
your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.
Please 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.

Awaiting your urgent reply.
Regards
Nizar Al Mallouhi.

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