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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 united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • peter_19wong@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "peter.wong61@yahoo.com" <peter.wong61@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:58:46 +1000
Subject: Mr. Peter Wong

Mr. Peter Wong ,


I am Mr. Peter Wong Executive Director of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd,HONG
KONG. An Iraqi named Besem Faruak, a business man made a numbered fixed
deposit of (126,336,8299.38 HK) for 18 calendar months, this is valued to
Eight million United State Dollars only in my branch.


Upon maturity several notice was sent to him, even during the war,four
years ago (2005). Again after the war another notification was sent and
still no response came from him. We later found out that Besem Faruak, and
his family had been killed during the war in Gunfire that hit their home
at Mukaradeeb where his personal oil well was.


After further investigation it was also discovered that Besem Faruak,did
not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper
work of his bank deposit.

And he also confided in me the last time we was at my office that no one
except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, Eight million United State
Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to
claim it. What bothers me is that according to the laws of my country at
the expiration five years six months the funds will revert to the ownership
of the HONG KONG Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.


My proposal, I am prepared to place you as the next of kin in a position
to instruct HANG SENG BANK to release the deposit to you as the closest
surviving relation. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the
money with you in half. That is: I will simply nominate you
as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you. We share the
percentage 50/50.


I would have gone ahead to ask the funds be released to me, but that
would have drawn a straight line in my involvement in claiming the
deposite. I assure you that I could have the deposit released to you
within a few days.


I will simply inform the bank of the final closing of the file relating
to Besem Faruak, I will then officially communicate with my Bank and
instruct them to release the deposit to you. With these, all is done.

I am aware of the consequences of this proposal.should be interested in
executing this with me,indicate your interest by sending me the following:

1. YOUR NAME
2. YOUR RESIDENTADDRESS
3. YOUR OCCUPATION
4. YOUR PHONE NUMBER
5. DATE OF BIRTH
6. COUNTRY OF RESIDENT

Your response with the requested information should be
sent to reach me at my personal email address below:

peter_19wong@yahoo.com.hk

I shall then provide you with more details on this
operation when I hear from you.

Sincerely,
Mr.peter wong

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