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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "first national bank" (not involved with lotteries)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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)
• 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.
  • chalee986@gmail.com
  • chalee200@i12.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Cha Lee <chaa_leee77@msn.com>
Reply-To: <chalee200@i12.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:14:06 +0000
Subject: Since After The Death



Dear Sir,

My name is Mr. Cha Lee. I work with First National Bank of Korea as an acountant, I am the personal account officer to Mr. George a national of your country. In the discharge of my duty, I stumbled on this domiciliary account that has remained dormant for three years now with Fifteen million Dollars(US$15.000.000.00) only in it.

I went for enqieres and discovered that the account holder died in an accident with his family.I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased hence you bear same last family name, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.

I am writing you so that we can work together in remitting the money to you as the next of kin. It is simple process which will take a short while to process before The bank management will confiscate the money as unclaimed. You have to give me the zeal working with me by sending your full names,Private phone, Age and Nationality as these will enable us proceed and open up communication.

Let me know the percentage you would request for your assistance before we commence, if need be, otherwise we can talk that later,if I hear from you, I will tell you all you need to know about the money, reply me through this email address: chalee986@gmail.com or chalee200@i12.com

Thanks.
Mr.Cha. Lee

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