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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:
  • "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)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a "dying merchant" scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +448452803826
• 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.
  • abdulazeez_r@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "abdulrahman abdulazeez" <abdulazeez_abdul@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:01:32 +0000
Subject: Important!

Good day to you,

Please i need your help! I am sorry for the unusual approach as I acquired
your email address by putting fate to test and made a random surf for a
capable hand. Incase my search was misdirected, please do indicate after
reading this mail and as you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for
me, because, I believe everyone will die someday. My name is Abdulrahman
Abdulazeez a merchant from Dubai but resident in the UK. I have been
diagnosed with Esophageal cancer.It has defiled all forms of medical
treatment, and right now according to medical experts, I have only about a
few months to live. I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I
never really cared for anyone but my businesses. Though I am very rich, I
was never generous,I was always hostile to people and only focused on my
business as that was the only thing I cared for. The only friend i had was a
Russian mistress.

But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just
wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I believe when God gives
me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life in a different
way from how I have lived it.

Now that God has called me, I have willed and given most of my properties
and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few
close friends. I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so,I have
decided to give also to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of
my last good deeds on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some
charity organizations in the U.A.E, Algeria, Malaysia and some countries in
Africa. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this
myself anymore.

I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute
the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and
Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not
trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contented with what I have left
for them. The last of my money which no one, but my mistress, knows of is
the huge cash deposit of Eleven Million, two hundred thousand United States
Dollars $11,200,000,00 that I have with a Fiduciary Company. I deposited it
in my Mistress's name and held on to the deposit certificate.

This is my proposal; I want you to help me collect this deposit and set up a
foundation that will be responsible for the welfare of any charity
organization(s) in any part of the world. I have set aside 30% of $11 M USD
(because $200K USD will be for my mistress) for your role, your time and
also any expenses incured during this assignment. Can you help? are you
capable of handling funds of this magnitude? are you really trustworthy?
Please your urgent reply is highly needed. My alternative email is
abdulazeez_r@yahoo.co.uk


May God bless you greatly as you do.

Ma-salam,
Abdulrahman Abdulazeez
Tel/fax: +44 8452803826

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