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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:
  • "million pounds" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • tahirkhan_esq@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Tahir Khan <tsk_esq@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 12:44:05 -0600
Subject: PROMPT REPLY PLEASE




PROMPT REPLY PLEASE
FROM: Tahir Shahab Khan
Tahir Shahab Khan
76 London Road, CR0 2TB Croydon,
Email:tahirkhan_esq@yahoo.com.hk
Let me first ask that you permit me to have used this means in
contacting you. However, I am compelled to do so as Internet is the
fastest way of communication of today, besides, it offers a
reasonable degree of confidentiality. My name is Tahir Shahab Khan
a solicitor. Obviously this letter will be a surprise to you. The
reason is not far from the fact that we have not met before now more
so with much spam on the Internet it becomes difficult for one to
convey genuine and profitable intent to another.

It has become inevitable for me to contact you by another means
other than Internet as I still do consider it faster and reasonably
safe as I have earlier mentioned .I do not wish to bore you with much
stories, My intention of writing you this mail is to solicit for your
partnership in a rewarding venture of with funds let by my deceased
client
by name: Benzion Dunner.
Mr Benzion Dunner is a Jewish Briton that died in an auto crash
moths back with so much at his credit in terms of resources. He had
maintained an account worth 12,759,000 Million Pounds sterling with
all documents in my possession. The funds are proposed for charity
when he becomes 50 years but unfortunately he dead at forty. Though
he has wife and 9 children, the family is not privileged to this
account as I have maintained the account for him outside UK, I have
over the past months of his death administered other estate of his to
his family and according to his Will but this is exclusive and I do
wish that the two of us go into partnership to:

A. Get all relevant legal documents in your favor and transfer the
money to your account or preferable on agreement between two of us
open an account in another Bank and have the found transferred into
B. After the successful transfer we will use 20% of the money for
charity as Benzion Dunner had proposed to
me.
C. After the transfer that we share 80% of the money on percentage
to be agreed by both of us before the commencement of the transfer
process.

It is needless to ask that you keep this as a confidential issue, I
presume that you are equal to this responsibility and will not
indulge in blackmail or passing of this information to a third party.
Already I have a member of my law firm in confidence by name: Don
Saman, he is the only person that you and I are to be in partnership
with. The law firm though is a more of family partnership, I have
decided to do this with Don Saman as he has been a more comfortable
confidant of mine Besides I want to have this transaction with a
familiar fellow as Benzion Dunner is a known person in UK thus I am
contacting you so that the transaction will remain a confidential.

I do wish to have your remark promptly. Therefore I expect that you
write me and state your telephone number that I can reach you
directly.
Your response should be sent
to my personal email address:
tahirkhan_esq@yahoo.com.hk [1]

Best Regards
Tahir Shahab Khan
tahirkhan_esq@yahoo.com.hk [1]

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"THE JEWEL OF THIS HUMAN LIFE IS PASSING AWAY USELESSLY, LOST IN
EXCHANGE FOR MERE GLASS." - S.G.G.S.
Read the Lesson of the day at Waheguru.com [2]
"Imagine a GREENER CIVILIZED SOCIETY ..." [3]
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Links:
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[1] mailto:tahirkhan_esq@yahoo.com.hk
[2] http://waheguru.com/
[3]
http://waheguru.com/guiding-principles-for-civil-society-based-upon-the-guru-granth/

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