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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • ",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)
• 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.
  • leesimon97@yahoo.com.my (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Simon Lee" <leesimon97@yahoo.com.my>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:17:44 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: Regards





Dear Sir/madam,

I am a staff of one of the leading bank in Malaysia, I am writing
asking for your indulgence in re-profiling funds, which we want to keep
under your supervision. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because
this fund totaling ($20,500,000) cannot be approved to a local Bank here
in Malaysia, because the funds are in US Dollars and the owner of this
account is Aloysius Han, and he died since 2000 in an air crash along with
his wife & Daughter on 31/01/2000 in an Alaska Airlines Flight 261
with other passengers on board. You can confirm from this link below:

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

I am proposing 40% for you for your assistance  and I receive 50%
and 10% earmark for purposes of taxation in your country and mine.Please
if you are interested kindly forward to me the following information
stated below:

(1) Your direct telephone number
(2) Your direct fax number
(3) Your Full Names
(4) Your age
(5) Your Country of Origin
(6) Your Residential Address
(7) Your Occupation

All that is required from you is your honest cooperation to enable us
see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law.

Your reply should indicate your willingness in assisting us. And I will
send you all the detailed information and documents that you will need to
process an application for the claims of the funds.

You can write your response to my private email account:(leesimon97@yahoo.com.my)

I look forward towards a good business relationship with you.

Regards,

Mr.Simon Lee

 

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