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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Peter Chang" <peter_cha@infohq.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:28:06 +0800
Subject: Good Day

>From the desk of,
Mr.Peter Chang.
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.

Attn:Sir/Madam,

TRANSFER OF($US 18,500.000.00}EIGHTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS.

I want to transfer(US$18,500.000.00)Eighteen Million Five Hundred United
States Dollars,from a Bank here in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia,to an oversea
account.Firstly,I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction.
This is by virtue of it's nature as being utterly confidential.I am sure and
have confidence of your ability and reliability to execute a transaction of
this great magnitude.I solicit your assistance to enable me transfer the
said amount into your safe account for onward investment.You can either
provide me with an existing account or to set up a new Bank account
immediately to receive this fund,even an empty a/c can serve to receive
the fund,as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this
important deal.Trusting in you and believing that you will never let me
down either now or after the fund has been transfered.

I am the personal account officer to a great late INDUSTRIALIST,An
Egiptian,who has an account in one of the top Banks here in Malaysia.
The account was opened in the year 1998 and he died in the year 1999
October 31th without a written or oral WILL and since then nobody has
operated on this account again.Hence,the money is floating and if I do not
remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing since the Bank
has been sold on Wednesday,the 19th of March 2005 to another Bank and
the management of the Bank is now ready to be tranfered to the new Bank.
If nothing is done urgently the fund will be forever lost.The owner of this
account is an Egiptian and no other person knows about this account or
anything concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary.My investigation
through the National immigration department proved to me as well.that he
was single as at the point of his entry into Malaysia.

The amount in this account is US$18.5 Million(Eighteen Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).As a matter of fact,I have decided
to transfer this fund abroad for investment.Your assistance as a foreigner is
necessary because the management of the Bank will welcome any foreigner
who has the correct information to this account,which I will give to you
immediately,if you are interested in transacting this business with me.

There is no risk in this deal.With my position and my personal contact
with the manager of the Bank,the fund can be transferred to any account you
can provide with assurance that this money will be intact and you will not deal
fraudulantly with me upon the confirmation of it in your account.I will start the
first transfer with ten Million [US$10,000.000.00].Upon successful transfer
without any disappointment from your side,We shall re-apply for the claim of
the remaining balance of $8.500,000.00 to your account.I am only contacting
you as a foreigner because this fund can not be approved to a local person
here,but can only be approved to any foreigner who has the correct information
of the account,which I will provide to you.So you should provide me with your
correct account detail where you will like the fund to be transferred to or you
can set up a new account for the transfer even an empty account will be ok.

At the conclussion of the transfer you will take 30% for your honest
committment and positive contributions to enhancing,that the transaction
succeeds,and the remaining 70% will be for me.As soon as I hear from you,
and upon your strong assurance that you will not let me down once the fund
goes into your account,I will then start to process the transfer of the fund to
your account without further delay.Please send your interest to my confidential
email address:peter_changg@walla.com for further detail.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr.Peter Chang.
Email:peter_changg@walla.com


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